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Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese /
'Medusa's Gaze' provides a dedicated account of the origins and extraordinary survival of an exquisite agate bowl from ancient Alexandria to the modern day as it passed through the hands of some of history's most influentional, and colourful, characters.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, N.Y. :
Oxford University Press,
©2012.
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| Colección: | Emblems of antiquity.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cleopatra's artifice
- Gem mania in Rome
- The past acquired, revived, and ransacked
- "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire
- Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur
- Renaissance collectors and thieves
- In women's hands
- Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples
- The night watchman.