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Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese
- Title
- Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese / Marina Belozerskaya.
- Author
- Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966-
- Publication
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
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Details
- Description
- xvii, 292 pages: illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The long and intricate history of the beautifully carved Hellenistic style Egyptian bowl, from the days of Cleopatra to Constantinople, the French Revolution, and to near destruction by a deranged museum guard in 1925.
- Series Statement
- Emblems of antiquity
- Uniform Title
- Emblems of antiquity.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JQD 12-1410
- ISBN
- 9780199739318
- 0199739315
- LCCN
- 2012000620
- OCLC
- 774982487
- Author
- Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966-
- Title
- Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese / Marina Belozerskaya.
- Imprint
- New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Emblems of antiquityEmblems of antiquity.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-273) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JQD 12-1410