Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese
| 1. Verfasser: |
Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966-
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| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
New York :
Oxford University Press,
2012.
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| Umfang/Format: |
xvii, 292 p. : ill. ; 22 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Emblems of antiquity
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| Inhalte/Bestandteile: | 2 Datensätze |
Inhaltsangabe:
- 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.
