Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Faya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.
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TextDescription: 1 online resource (pages cm)ISBN: 9781606066355Subject(s): J. Paul Getty Museum -- Catalogs | Art objects -- California -- Los Angeles -- Catalogs | Art objects, Etruscan -- Catalogs | Art objects, Ancient -- Catalogs | Amber art objects -- CatalogsGenre/Form: Collection catalogs. | Electronic books. Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum.DDC classification: 709.0109794/94 LOC classification: NK6000 | .J3 2019Online resources: Full text available: | Item type | Current library | Call number | URL | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references.
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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"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.
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