- Description
- 1 online resource (xvii, 292 pages) : illustrations.
- Series Statement
- Emblems of antiquity
- Uniform Title
- Medusa's gaze (Online)
- Alternative Title
- Medusa's gaze (Online)
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
- Access (note)
- Access restricted to authorized users.
- Contents
- 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.
- LCCN
- 2012000620
- OCLC
- ssj0000743622
- Author
Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966-
- Title
Medusa's gaze [electronic resource] : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese / Marina Belozerskaya.
- Imprint
New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Series
Emblems of antiquity
- Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
- Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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