Catalogue of Cycladic Antiquities in the Ashmolean Museum SetThe Captive Spirit2-Vol Set |
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| Author:
| Sherratt, Susan |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-951374-1 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2001 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Multiple copy pack |
| List Price: | USD $510.00 |
Book Description:
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The Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, contains one of the best and most representative collections of Bronze Age Cycladic art outside Greece. Much of this was acquired by purchase or gift in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the interest of Sir Arthur Evans, the eminent archaeologist, at that time Keeper of the Museum. The first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of the contents of this internationally significant collection, it includesresults from new scientific...
More DescriptionThe Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, contains one of the best and most representative collections of Bronze Age Cycladic art outside Greece. Much of this was acquired by purchase or gift in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the interest of Sir Arthur Evans, the eminent archaeologist, at that time Keeper of the Museum. The first comprehensive, fully illustrated account of the contents of this internationally significant collection, it includesresults from new scientific and technical examinations of these outstanding works of art of marble, metal, stone, clay, and shell.