Download or read book Engraved Gems written by Ben van den Bercken and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discuss different types of engraved gems in the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, their makers, users and re-users, combining archaeological, culture historical and geological perspectives.

Download or read book Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire written by Genevra Kornbluth and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Europe offers a pageant of almost incredible richness: King Arthur and his round table, demons and cathedrals, Charlemagne and his paladins. The Carolingian culture of the late eighth to late tenth centuries (in what is now France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and northern Italy) offers more than its fair share of achievements. This heavily illustrated study examines one revealing legacy of Charlemagne's heirs and his people--the Carolingian gems of rock crystal, jet, and agate engraved with complex figural scenes, which have never before been studied as a group. These objects have been largely ignored in the scholarship of medieval art, partly because of the difficulty of access. Genevra Kornbluth assembles for the first time all twenty surviving gems, from small seal matrices to the forty-one-figure "Susanna crystal" in London, along with information about lost works. The unique features of each gem are made visible in over 200 detailed black-and-white photographs, often highly magnified and produced using new techniques developed to record transparent engraving. Kornbluth fully analyzes the techniques of manufacture, style, chronology, iconography, and patronage of each gem and examines their social functions, the organization and status of the artisans who created them, and relations between media. The gems are presented as evidence of the rich diversity of the Carolingian culture, rather than as reflections of an artistic program dictated by the imperial courts; they are also seen to be essentially new creations, drawing on earlier visual traditions but adapting their sources to address contemporary concerns.

Download or read book Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus written by Paweł Gołyźniak and published by Archaeopress Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2020-05-14 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book studies small but highly captivating artworks from antiquity – engraved gemstones. These objects had multiple applications, and the images upon them captured snapshots of people's beliefs, ideologies, and everyday occupations. They provide a unique perspective on the propaganda of Roman political leaders, especially Octavian/Augustus.

Download or read book The Handbook of Engraved Gems written by Charles William King and published by London : Bell & Daldy. This book was released on 1866 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems written by Idit Sagiv and published by Archaeopress Archaeology. This book was released on 2018 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive study of the depictions of animals and their significance on Greek and Roman gems. The work examines the associations between animal depictions and the type of gemstone and its believed qualities. The study also compares the representation of animals on gems to other, larger media, and analyses the differences.

Download or read book The Engraved Gems of Classical Times written by John Henry Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1891 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Hellenistic Engraved Gems written by Dimitris Plantzos and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This lavishly illustrated volume traces the development of Greek gem engraving from Alexander to Augustus.

Download or read book Engraved Gems written by Maxwell Sommerville and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 806 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Engraved Gems written by Maxwell Sommerville and published by . This book was released on 1889 with total page 808 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Ancient Engraved Gems in the National Museum in Krakow written by Paweł Gołyźniak and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Engraved Gems of Classical Times written by John Henry Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1890 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Handbook of Engraved Gems written by Charles William King (archéologue).) and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Engraved Gems written by Usd and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains 17 papers on the history of engraved gems (including both intaglios and cameos) from ancient Greece through the nineteenth century. They address the influence of Greek and Roman gems on postclassical painters, sculptors and gem engravers as well as the collecting of gems in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and later periods.

Download or read book Seals Finger Rings Engraved Gems and Amulets in the Royal Albert Memorial Museum Exeter written by Sheila Hoey Middleton and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Catalogue of the Engraved Gems and Rings in the Collection of Joseph Mayer written by Charles Tindal Gatty and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Masterpieces in Miniature written by Claudia Wagner and published by Philip Wilson Publishers. This book was released on 2018-04-28 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation. To this the Greeks added relief cameos, while comparable skills were lavished on the decoration of metal finger rings. These artefacts record subjects of significance for their period and place but are also the direct expression of an artist's skills and imagination. Engraved gems were collected first by the ancient Romans and then throughout the Renaissance were a source for knowledge of `classical' subjects and styles, when they were copied - from Michelangelo to Rubens - by the foremost artists of the day. The gemstones explored here are from a distinguished collection made in the earlier twentieth century by a notable connoisseur of ancient art. Many originate from named older European collections and were previously unknown to scholars and collectors. The authors have sought to offer a balanced selection of earlier eastern and Greek stones, alongside others from the neo-classical era. The book offers a survey of the finest products of the gems craft over millennia.