Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum / Faya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2020Copyright date: ©[2019]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781606066355
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Online version:: Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum.DDC classification:
  • 709.0109794/94 23
LOC classification:
  • NK6000 .J3 2019
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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.
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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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