Ancient carved ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum [electronic resource] / Faya Causey ; with technical analysis by Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.

"This catalogue provides a general introduction to amber in the ancient world followed by detailed catalogue entries for fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the J. Paul Getty Museum. The volume concludes with technical notes about scientific investigations of these objects and B...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Causey, Faya (Author)
Corporate Author: J. Paul Getty Museum (Author, Issuing body)
Other Authors: Maish, Jeffrey (Contributor)
Khanjian, Herant (Contributor)
Schilling, Michael (Michael Roy) (Contributor)
Language:English
Published: Los Angeles : The J. Paul Getty Museum, [2019]
Subjects:
J. Paul Getty Museum > Catalogs.
Amber art objects > Catalogs.
Art objects, Ancient > Catalogs.
Art objects, Etruscan > Catalogs.
Art objects > California > Los Angeles > Catalogs.
Genre:
Catalogs.
Online Access:
Books at JSTOR: Open Access: 2019 (JSTOR)
Project Muse Open Access ebooks: 2019 (Project MUSE @ John Hopkins University)
DOAB Directory of Open Access Books: 2020 (Directory of Open Access Books)
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Amber and the ancient world
  • Jewelry: never just jewelry
  • Amber magic?
  • What is amber?
  • Where is amber found?
  • The properties of amber
  • Ancient names for amber
  • Color and other optical characteristics: ancient perception and reception
  • Ancient literary sources on the origins of amber
  • Amber and forgery
  • The ancient transport of amber
  • Literary sources on the use of amber
  • Amber medicine, amber amulets
  • The Bronze Age
  • Early Iron Age and the orientalizing period
  • The Archaic and afterward
  • The working of amber: ancient evidence and modern analysis
  • The production of ancient figured amber objects
  • Catalogue
  • Technical essay: analysis of selected ambers from the collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum / Jeff Maish, Herant Khanjian, and Michael Schilling.