Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum /

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"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Causey, Faya (Author)
Other Authors: Schilling, Michael (Michael Roy) (Contributor), Khanjian, Herant (Contributor), Maish, Jeffrey (Contributor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
J. Paul Getty Museum > Catalogs.
Art objects > California > Los Angeles > Catalogs.
Art objects, Etruscan > Catalogs.
Art objects, Ancient > Catalogs.
Amber art objects > Catalogs.
Collection catalogs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Amber and the ancient world
  • Jewelry: never just jewelry
  • Amber magic?
  • What is amber?
  • Where is amber found?
  • The properties of amber
  • Ancient names for amber
  • Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception
  • Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber
  • Amber and forgery
  • The ancient transport of amber
  • Literary sources on the use of amber
  • Amber medicine, amber amulets
  • The bronze age
  • Early iron age and the orientalizing period
  • The archaic and afterward
  • The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis
  • The production of ancient figured amber objects
  • Catalogue
  • Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.

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