The Antiquities Gallery
Author : Superior Stamp & Coin Co
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 198?
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Superior Stamp & Coin Co
Publisher :
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 15,64 MB
Release : 198?
Category : Art, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Jason Felch
Publisher : HMH
Page : 397 pages
File Size : 44,46 MB
Release : 2011-05-24
Category : Art
ISBN : 0547538022
A “thrilling, well-researched” account of years of scandal at the prestigious Getty Museum (Ulrich Boser, author of The Gardner Heist). In recent years, several of America’s leading art museums have voluntarily given up their finest pieces of classical art to the governments of Italy and Greece. Why would they be moved to such unheard-of generosity? The answer lies at the Getty, one of the world’s richest and most troubled museums, and scandalous revelations that it had been buying looted antiquities for decades. Drawing on a trove of confidential museum records and candid interviews, these two journalists give us a fly-on-the-wall account of the inner workings of a world-class museum, and tell a story of outlandish characters and bad behavior that could come straight from the pages of a thriller. “In an authoritative account, two reporters who led a Los Angeles Times investigation reveal the details of the Getty Museum’s illicit purchases, from smugglers and fences, of looted Greek and Roman antiquities. . . . The authors offer an excellent recap of the museum’s misdeeds, brimming with tasty details of the scandal that motivated several of America’s leading art museums to voluntarily return to Italy and Greece some 100 classical antiquities worth more than half a billion dollars.” —Publishers Weekly, starred review “An astonishing and penetrating look into a veiled world where beauty and art are in constant competition with greed and hypocrisy. This engaging book will cast a fresh light on many of those gleaming objects you see in art museums.” —Jonathan Harr, author of The Lost Painting
Author : Franklin Gallery of Antiquities (London)
Publisher :
Page : 8 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 19??
Category : Art objects
ISBN :
Author : Laura Coyle
Publisher : Scala Books
Page : 142 pages
File Size : 22,22 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Art
ISBN :
- Published to coincide with an exhibition celebrating the 75th anniversary of William A. Clark's bequest of more than 800 objects from his private collection.
Author : Edward Falkener
Publisher :
Page : 982 pages
File Size : 27,56 MB
Release : 1855
Category : Archaeology
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Author : British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities
Publisher :
Page : 358 pages
File Size : 11,98 MB
Release : 1842
Category : Egypt
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Author : William Sandys Wright Vaux
Publisher :
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,46 MB
Release : 1851
Category : Antiquities
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Author : Royal Irish Academy. Museum
Publisher :
Page : 668 pages
File Size : 37,36 MB
Release : 1863
Category : Ireland
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Author : British Museum Dept of Egyptian and as
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 20,88 MB
Release : 2016-08-26
Category : History
ISBN : 9781362201489
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. As a reproduction of a historical artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Erik Hornung
Publisher :
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 37,40 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN :
"This volume accompanies an exhibition of the same name, which includes artefacts from nearly 2000 years before the Christian era. Objects such as coffins, tombs, masks, jewellery, papyri, sarcophagi and monumental and small-scale sculpture reveal the reverence and awe with which the Egyptians considered the mystery of death. The essays in this book explore Egyptian art history, customs and worship, with specific focus on the Amduat, a book devoted to the pharaoh's 12-hour journey to the afterlife. Additional writings detail the background of the collection and focus upon the role of art in ancient Egypt."--Amazon.