Medusa's gaze the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese
Cleopatra's artifice -- Gem mania in Rome -- The past acquired, revived, and ransacked -- "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire -- Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur -- Renaissance collectors and thieves -- In women's hands -- Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples -- The...
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Sprache: | eng |
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New York, NY u.a.
Oxford Univ. Press
2012
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Schriftenreihe: | Emblems of antiquity
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Zusammenfassung: | Cleopatra's artifice -- Gem mania in Rome -- The past acquired, revived, and ransacked -- "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire -- Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur -- Renaissance collectors and thieves -- In women's hands -- Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples -- The night watchman. Cleopatra's artifice -- Gem mania in Rome -- The past acquired, revived, and ransacked -- "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire -- Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur -- Renaissance collectors and thieves -- In women's hands -- Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples -- The night watchman |
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Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index |
Beschreibung: | XVII, 292 S. Ill., Kt. 22 cm |
ISBN: | 9780199739318 978-0-19-973931-8 |