The Cyprus Collections in the Medelhavsmuseet
Author: Medelhavsmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 392
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Medelhavsmuseet
Author: Medelhavsmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden)
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 84
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCypriote Antiquities in the Medelhavsmuseet, Stockholm
Author: Vassos Karageorghis
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Published: 1977
Total Pages: 112
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art
Author: Christopher S. Lightfoot
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2017-12-22
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1588396576
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This publication which focuses on Ancient Glass and is the third volume in a series aimed at publishing the collection in its entirety. This catalogue contains descriptions and illustrations of 520 glass vessels and objects. Although the majority of the glass is Roman, the scope of the collection extends from the Late Bronze Age through the end of antiquity (ca. 1500 B.C.– A.D. 600). It is the first attempt in over a century to provide a detailed account of the ancient glass found on Cyprus by Cesnola.
The Swedish Cyprus Expedition
Author: Eva Rystedt
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Published: 1994
Total Pages: 86
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Bearded Goddess
Author: Marie-Louise Winbladh
Publisher:
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 106
ISBN-13: 9789963706310
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMost of us associate Aphrodite, also known as Venus, with love, beauty, and fertility, but the symbolic value of this goddess is by far more complex than we would have known or dared to believe. Aphrodite a hermaphrodite? The book examines a rather obscure side of the cult surrounding this illustrious fertility goddess.
Cypriote Antiquities in Berlin in the Focus of New Research
Author: Vassos Karageorghis
Publisher: Waxmann Verlag
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 3830981678
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book combines the papers of the conference 'Cypriote Antiquities in Berlin in the Focus of New Research' which took place in May 2013. Organized by The Cypriot-German Cultural Association on the occasion of its 35th anniversary in collaboration with the Antikensammlung, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the aim of the conference was to draw attention to the objects of the outstanding 'Cyprus Collection', which has been exhibited in a special gallery since the re-opening of the Neues Museum in 2009.
The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps
Author: Christopher S. Lightfoot
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 2021-05-21
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 1588397246
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. Each lamp is illustrated, and the accompanying text addresses typology, decoration, and makers’ marks on each of these objects that provide new insights into art, craft, and trade in the ancient Mediterranean.
Iron Age Terracotta Figurines from the Southern Levant in Context
Author: Erin D. Darby
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2021-10-25
Total Pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9004436774
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis interdisciplinary volume is a ‘one-stop location’ for the most up-to-date scholarship on Southern Levantine figurines in the Iron Age. The essays address terracotta figurines attested in the Southern Levant from the Iron Age through the Persian Period (1200–333 BCE). The volume deals with the iconography, typology, and find context of female, male, animal, and furniture figurines and discusses their production, appearance, and provenance, including their identification and religious functions. While giving priority to figurines originating from Phoenicia, Philistia, Jordan, and Israel/Palestine, the volume explores the influences of Egyptian, Anatolian, Mesopotamian, and Mediterranean (particularly Cypriot) iconography on Levantine pictorial material.
