Masterpieces in Miniature
Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book offers a survey of the finest products of the gems craft over millennia.
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This book offers a survey of the finest products of the gems craft over millennia.
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Exhibiting the mastery of the gem-engraver from prehistory to the present, Masterpieces in Miniature offers a survey of the finest products of the gems craft over millennia.The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation. To this the Greeks added relief cameos, while comparable skills were lavished on the decoration of metal finger rings. These artefacts record subjects of significance for their period and place but are also the direct expression of an artist's skills and imagination.Engraved gems were collected first by the ancient Romans and then throughout the Renaissance were a source for knowledge of `classical' subjects and styles, when they were copied - from Michelangelo to Rubens - by the foremost artists of the day. There was a strong revival of the craft in the Neo-classical period of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, when European collectors - many undertaking their Grand Tour of the continent - made new collections, several of which form the basis for those held in major museums today.The gemstones explored and illustrated here are from a distinguished collection made in the earlier twentieth century by a notable connoisseur of ancient art. Many originate from named older European collections and were previously unknown to scholars and collectors. The authors offer a balanced selection of earlier eastern and Greek stones, alongside others from the Neo-classical era, that will delight all lovers of antiquity and art.
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Preface Abbreviations Catalogue Greek Bronze Age Seals Some Eastern Seals Geometric Greek and Island Gems Archaic Greek Gems Classical Gems Greco-Persian/Achaemenid Gems Etruscan and Etruscanising Gems Glass Gems Hellenistic/Early Roman Gems Garnet Cabochon, Hellenistic/Roman Gems Greco-Roman and Roman Gems Cameos Late Cameos Metal Finger Rings Indexes Index to Subjects Index to Previous Collections List of Inscriptions Index of Impressions
Autoren-Porträt von Claudia Wagner, John Boardman
Claudia Wagner is Chief Researcher into Gems at the Classical Art Research Center and Beazley Archive at the University of Oxford, UK. Sir John Boardman, FBA, is Emeritus Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the University of Oxford, UK.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Claudia Wagner , John Boardman
- 2018, 304 Seiten, 408 farbige Abbildungen, Maße: 29,7 x 24,8 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Yale University Press
- ISBN-10: 1781300623
- ISBN-13: 9781781300626
- Erscheinungsdatum: 02.03.2018
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
John Boardman and Claudia Wagner have brought to light a collection formed nearly a century ago, with many famous pieces not seen for decades and others never published before. The commentary is erudite, and the photos are spectacular. Jeffrey Spier, Senior Curator of Antiquities, J Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles
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