Greek Gems and Finger Rings : Early Bronze Age to Late Classical

by: Boardman, J.

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The miniaturist art of gem engraving is the least familiar of the major arts of ancient Greece, yet we know it to have been practiced by the greatest artists. This book presents a comprehensive account of the art in Greek lands from the early Bronze Age down to the Hellenistic period. The gems are related to history and to the artistic achievements in other media of their day, and the subject matter of the scenes engraved upon them is examined and found to hold much that will be new to students of Greek myth and ichnography.The development of the Bronze Age studios in the Minoan and Mycenaean world is discussed, and the works of the great period of Classical gem engraving are resolved into their styles and schools, with a special chapter devoted to Greek works within the Persian Empire. The attributions and discussion are supported by full notes and lists. The plates, which show the gems enlarged up to four times their natural size, present the fullest possible range of devices and styles from all periods. This revised edition will be an essential work of reference for students and scholars, as well as a thorough survey of the subject for all lovers of Greek art.

Preface 9 (3)
Acknowledgements 12 (1)
Introduction
13 (6)
Minoans and Mycenaeans
19 (88)
Introduction
Early Greece
Pre-palatial Crete
Crete: the Early Palaces
Crete: the Late Palaces
Mycenaean Knossos
Mycenaean Greece
the End of the Bronze Age
Seal Use and Production
Aegean Seals and the Outside World
Black and White Plates I--206
67 (24)
List of Illustrations to Chapter II
91 (16)
The Geometric and Early Archaic Periods
107 (32)
The Geometric Seals
Early Archaic Stone Seals
Ivories
Island Gems
the Sunium Group and Crete
Black and White Plates 207--280
125 (8)
List of Illustrations to Chapter III
133 (6)
Archaic Gems and Finger Rings
139 (50)
The Orientalising Style
the Robust Style
the Dry Style
Island Scarabs
Late Archaic Groups
Greeks in Etruria
Greeks and Phoenicians
Finger Rings
Conclusion
Black and White Plates 281--443
159 (20)
List of Illustrations to Chapter IV
179 (10)
Classical Gems and Finger Rings
189 (114)
Classical Gem Stones
Classical Finger Rings
Ancient Impressions
Seal and Gem Usage in the Classical Period
Black and White Plates 444--822
239 (44)
List of Illustrations to Chapter V
283 (20)
Greeks and Persians
303 (56)
The Court Style
the Greek Style
the Mixed Style
the Bern Group and a globolo Gems
Finger Rings
Summary
Black and White Plates 823--995
329 (20)
List of Illustrations to Chapter VI
349 (10)
Hellenistic Greece and Rome
359 (14)
Black and White Plates 996--1015
367 (4)
List of Illustrations to Chapter VII
371 (2)
Materials and Techniques
373 (10)
Materials
Techniques
EPILOGUE 1970--2000 383 (19)
Black and White Plates 1016--1076
389 (8)
List of Illustrations to Epilogue
397 (5)
SUMMARIES OF GEM AND RING SHAPES 402 (76)
NOTES
Notes to Chapter II
404 (13)
Notes to Chapter III
417 (3)
Notes to Chapter IV
420 (3)
Notes to Chapter V
423 (25)
Notes to Chapter VI
448 (10)
Index to Gems listed in Notes to Chapters V and VI
458 (6)
Notes to Chapter VII
464 (1)
Notes to Chapter VIII
465 (2)
Notes to Epilogue
467 (2)
Notes on Impressions and Photography
469 (1)
INDEXES
Abbreviations
470 (2)
Summary Gazetteer of Collections
472 (3)
Index to Gems Illustrated
475 (3)
General Index
478

Greek Gems and Finger Rings : Early Bronze Age to Late Classical

by: Boardman, J.

• ISBN-13: 9780500237779 / 978-0-500-23777-9
• ISBN-03: 0500237778 / 0-500-23777-8
• Thames and Hudson, London, 2001

Price: 98,00 EURO

(in stock)