Название: Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome
Автор(ы): Carlos A. Picon, Seen Hemingway, Christopher Lightfoot
Издательство: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Год: 2007
ISBN: 978-0300120318
Страниц: 522
Язык: English
Формат: PDF
Размер: 79 MB

Nearly 500 outstanding objects from the collection of the Department of Greek and Roman Art in the Metropolitan Museum are assembled in this generously illustrated publication, published to coincide with the opening of the Museum’s new galleries of Hellenistic, Etruscan, and Roman art, and comprehensive Study Center.
The volume includes a detailed history of the collection by Carlos A. Pic?n and seven chapters that reflect the scope of the collection: the Neolithic and the Aegean Bronze Age, Geometric and Archaic Greece, Classical Greece, the Hellenistic Age, Cyprus, Etruria, and the Roman Empire. Notable are such treasures as a Cycladic figure of about 4500–4000 B.C., a fascinating and meticulously restored bronze and ivory Etruscan chariot from the sixth century B.C., and a number of well-preserved Roman wall paintings. An entry section includes an informative text about each object, along with a map for each chapter and a selection of drawings and details.