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First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (297 pages) : color illustrations |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
Getty Publications virtual library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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 and Baltic amber"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher. |
| Subject |
J. Paul Getty Museum -- Catalogs.
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J. Paul Getty Museum
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Amber art objects -- Catalogs.
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Art objects, Ancient -- Catalogs.
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Art objects, Etruscan -- Catalogs.
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Art objects -- California -- Los Angeles -- Catalogs.
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Objets d'art en ambre -- Catalogues.
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Objets d'art antiques -- Catalogues.
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Objets d'art étrusques -- Catalogues.
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Objets d'art -- Californie -- Los Angeles -- Catalogues.
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ART / General
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Amber art objects
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Art objects
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Art objects, Ancient
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Art objects, Etruscan
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California -- Los Angeles
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| Indexed Term |
History of the arts |
| Genre/Form |
Catalogs
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Collection catalogs
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Collection catalogs.
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Catalogues de collection.
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| Added Author |
Causey, Faya, author.
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Maish, Jeffrey, contributor.
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Khanjian, Herant, contributor.
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Schilling, Michael (Michael Roy), contributor.
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| In: |
Books at JSTOR: Open Access JSTOR |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Causey, Faya. Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019] 9781606066348 (DLC) 2019016671 |
| ISBN |
9781606066355 (epub) |
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1606066358 |
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9781606060513 (ebook other) |
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1606060511 |
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9781606066348 (paperback) |
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