Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum Volume III

by: Burn, L. Higgins, R.A.

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 Catalogue of Greek terracottas in the British Museum. Volume III
Authors:British Museum, Lucilla Burn, Reynold Alleyne Higgins, British Museum Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities

This catalogue presents nearly a thousand of the British Museum's extensive collection of ancient Greek terracottas." "An introduction outlines general questions of the evolution of artistic styles, techniques and functions of Hellenistic terracottas. In the main catalogue the figures are grouped into seven major geographic areas according to their known or probable place of production, and further subdivided as appropriate. The introduction to each section discusses findspots, acquisition history and general characteristics of the particular production area. Each individual piece is then fully described and discussed." "The black and white plates illustrate every example, while the colour plates offer a representative selection of the range of clays found in the terracottas published here and also of the coloured pigments used in their decoration.

Contents:
Foreword p. 7 Abbreviations p. 9 General introduction p. 15 The Central Greek mainland p. 26 Northern Greece and the Black Sea cities, including Amisos (2175-2216) p. 84 The Ionian islands, Crete and Melos p. 96 North-west Asia Minor p. 113 Caria and the Dodecanese p. 175 Cyrenaica (2661-2858) p. 211 Cyprus, Tarsus and Syria p. 256 Neutron activation analysis of selected terracottas p. 293 Analysis of the white grounds on some polychrome decorated terracottas p. 307 The polychrome decoration of Greek terracottas: (reprinted from Studies in Conservation 15) p. 313 Report on the scientific examination of the gilding on Hellenistic terracotta figures p. 316 Registration numbers and numbers in this Catalogue p. 318 (cumulative with BM Catalogue of Terracottas i and ii): Numbers in Walters' Catalogue and numbers in this catalogue p. 324 Index 1: Known find spots and alleged provenances p. 330 Index 2: Sources p. 331 Index 3: Coroplasts' names p. 332 Index 4: Main subjects p. 333 Production places and findspots of terracottas in this Catalogue (1) p. 335 Production places and findspots of terracottas in this Catalogue (2) p. 336 Plates (4 colour, 160 black and white) p. 337

Subjects:
British Museum
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England London
Terra-cotta sculpture
Terra-cotta sculpture England London Catalogs
Terra-cotta sculpture, Greek
Terra-cotta sculpture, Greek Catalogs
Terra-cotta sculpture, Hellenistic
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Terres cuites Catalogues Angleterre Londres
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Terres cuites hellénistiques Catalogues

336 pages, 160 pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 28 cm

Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum Volume III

by: Burn, L. Higgins, R.A.

• ISBN-13: 9780714122212 / 978-0-7141-2221-2
• ISBN-03: 0714122211 / 0-7141-2221-1
• British Museum Press, London, 2001

Price: 275,00 EURO

(in stock)