| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 292 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Emblems of antiquity
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Emblems of antiquity.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Cleopatra's artifice -- Gem mania in Rome -- The past acquired, revived, and ransacked -- "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire -- Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur -- Renaissance collectors and thieves -- In women's hands -- Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples -- The night watchman. |
| Summary |
'Medusa's Gaze' provides a dedicated account of the origins and extraordinary survival of an exquisite agate bowl from ancient Alexandria to the modern day as it passed through the hands of some of history's most influentional, and colourful, characters. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Tazza Farnese.
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Tazza Farnese. |
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Cameos, Classical.
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Cameos, Classical. |
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Tazzas.
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Tazzas. |
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CRAFTS & HOBBIES -- Carving. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966- Medusa's gaze. New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press, ©2012 9780199739318 (DLC) 2012000620 (OCoLC)774982487 |
| ISBN |
9780199876426 (electronic book) |
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0199876428 (electronic book) |
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9780199979356 (ebook) |
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0199979359 (ebook) |
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9780199739318 |
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0199739315 |
| Standard No. |
99957773512 |
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