Medusa's Gaze
The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese
(Sprache: Englisch)
Medusa's Gaze provides the first 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 colorful, characters.
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Medusa's Gaze provides the first 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 colorful, characters.
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The banded agate bowl known as the Tazza Farnese is one of the most famous and admired objects from classical antiquity. That it has survived at all is a miracle. In this, the first book-length account of the "life" of this renowned masterpiece, art historian Marina Belozerskaya takes readers on a fascinating trip through history that spans two millennia and journeys from the court of Cleopatra to the sack of Constantinople in the Fourth Crusade, from Samarqand of Tamerlane to Renaissance Florence under Lorenzo de' Medici, from Baroque Rome to Enlightenment Naples. Along the way, the reader encounters the illustrious as well as the shady figures who have come into contact with this prized artifact, from emperors and conquerors, popes and princes, and artists like Botticelli and Raphael, to forgers, thieves, and a disgruntled museum guard who nearly destroyed the Tazza for all posterity. Through the prism of this most precious bowl, Medusa's Gaze brings history vividly and intimately to life.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Medusa's Gaze “
- Introduction
- 1. Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt
- 2. Carved Gems and Romans
- 3. Constantinople: the Past Acquired, Revived, and Ransacked
- 4. Frederick II: the Quest for a New Roman Empire
- 5. Timur, the Conqueror of Asia
- 6. The Great Collectors of the Renaissance
- 7. In a Woman's Hands
- 8. Gems and Ruins in Bourbon Naples
- 9. Beauty Broken, Beauty Restored
- Acknowledgments
- Cast of Characters
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Marina Belozerskaya
Marina Belozerskaya is an art historian and author of Ancient Greece, Luxury Arts of the Renaissance, The Medici Giraffe, and To Wake the Dead.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Marina Belozerskaya
- 2013, 312 Seiten, Maße: 15,3 x 21,7 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0199739315
- ISBN-13: 9780199739318
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2012
Sprache:
Englisch
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The Tazza Farnese's story is remarkable, and Belozerskaya tells it well. Literary Review
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The Tazza Farnese's story is remarkable, and Belozerskaya tells it well. Literary Review
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