Catalogue of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection


Book Description

This catalogue focuses on the Greek and Roman antiquities of the collections at Dumbarton Oaks. The catalogue also includes other objects, such as a bronze horse, and four floor mosaics from Antioch.




Catalogue of the Sculpture in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection from the Ptolemaic Period to the Renaissance


Book Description

These sculptures reflect the Blisses' wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurship. About a quarter are Greco-Roman; nearly two-thirds of the rest are Late Antique, mostly limestone carvings from Early Byzantine Egypt. Sculpture from the Middle Byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant.







The Astronomical Clock of Strasbourg Cathedral


Book Description

This book gives not only a detailed delineation of the artistic and technical components of the 1571–74 clock but it also presents new insighst in the astronomical indications and the underlying conceptional framework.