Engraved Gems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engraved Gems write by Ben van den Bercken. This book was released on 2017. Engraved Gems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book discuss different types of engraved gems in the collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden Leiden, their makers, users and re-users, combining archaeological, culture historical and geological perspectives.
Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus
Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus write by Paweł Gołyźniak. This book was released on 2020-05-14. Engraved Gems and Propaganda in the Roman Republic and under Augustus available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This book studies small but highly captivating artworks from antiquity – engraved gemstones. These objects had multiple applications, and the images upon them captured snapshots of people's beliefs, ideologies, and everyday occupations. They provide a unique perspective on the propaganda of Roman political leaders, especially Octavian/Augustus.
Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire
Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire write by Genevra Kornbluth. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Engraved Gems of the Carolingian Empire available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Medieval Europe offers a pageant of almost incredible richness: King Arthur and his round table, demons and cathedrals, Charlemagne and his paladins. The Carolingian culture of the late eighth to late tenth centuries (in what is now France, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Switzerland, and northern Italy) offers more than its fair share of achievements. This heavily illustrated study examines one revealing legacy of Charlemagne's heirs and his people--the Carolingian gems of rock crystal, jet, and agate engraved with complex figural scenes, which have never before been studied as a group. These objects have been largely ignored in the scholarship of medieval art, partly because of the difficulty of access. Genevra Kornbluth assembles for the first time all twenty surviving gems, from small seal matrices to the forty-one-figure "Susanna crystal" in London, along with information about lost works. The unique features of each gem are made visible in over 200 detailed black-and-white photographs, often highly magnified and produced using new techniques developed to record transparent engraving. Kornbluth fully analyzes the techniques of manufacture, style, chronology, iconography, and patronage of each gem and examines their social functions, the organization and status of the artisans who created them, and relations between media. The gems are presented as evidence of the rich diversity of the Carolingian culture, rather than as reflections of an artistic program dictated by the imperial courts; they are also seen to be essentially new creations, drawing on earlier visual traditions but adapting their sources to address contemporary concerns.
The Handbook of Engraved Gems
The Handbook of Engraved Gems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Handbook of Engraved Gems write by Charles William King. This book was released on 1866. The Handbook of Engraved Gems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems
Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems write by Idit Sagiv. This book was released on 2018. Representations of Animals on Greek and Roman Engraved Gems available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A comprehensive study of the depictions of animals and their significance on Greek and Roman gems. The work examines the associations between animal depictions and the type of gemstone and its believed qualities. The study also compares the representation of animals on gems to other, larger media, and analyses the differences.
