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History of Art

Ancient World

Stribling Nicole, Schertz Peter, Hemingway Sean, Mattusch Carol C., Oakley John, Pevnick Seth

ISBN: HB: 9780300230574, Yale University Press, February 2018
160 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 130 colour illus.

Horses were revered in ancient Greece as symbols of wealth, power, and status. On stunning black- and red-figure vases, in sculpture, and in other media, Greek artists depicted the daily care of horses, chariot and horseback races, scenes of combat,...

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History of Art

Ancient Bronzes Through a Modern Lens Introductory Essays on the Study of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Bronzes

Ebbinghaus Susanne, Anderson Lisa, Bewer Francesca G., Bielfeldt Ruth, Eremin Katherine, Hemingway Sean, Lie Henry, Mattusch Carol C., Riederer Josef

ISBN: PB: 9780300207798, Yale University Press, December 2014
208 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 107 colour images, 18 black&white illus.

This publication brings together prominent art historians, conservators and scientists to discuss fresh approaches to the study of ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern works of bronze. Featuring significant bronzes from the Harvard Art Museums' hol...

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History of Art

Enduring Bronze Ancient Art, Modern Views

Mattusch Carol C.

ISBN: PB: 9781606063262, Getty Publications, July 2014
272 pp., 21.7x16.6 cm, 99 colour illus., 14 black&white illus.

This is a revealing consideration of ancient bronzes from their halcyon days in antiquity to their allure today. Ancient bronze statuary provides a sense of immediacy, a window directly back to the classical world. The wistful expression of a young R...

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Archaeology & Paleontology

Rediscovering the Ancient World on the Bay of Naples, 1710-1890

Mattusch Carol C.

ISBN: HB: 9780300189216, Yale University Press, April 2013
292 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 97 colour, 78 black&white illus.

The ancient Roman cities of Pompeii and Herculaneum, buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 C.E., drew international attention when excavations commenced in the 1730s. As a result, the nearby city of Naples became a nexus of scholarship, cult...

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History of Art

Villa del Papiri at Herculaneum Life and Afterlife of a Sculpture Collection

Mattusch Carol C., Lie Henry

ISBN: HB: 9780892367221, Getty Publications, March 2006
390 pp., 29.8x22.2 cm, 239 illus., 261 colour illus.

The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750 contained a large collection of bronze and marble statuary and busts. Before they were published or exhibited, the sculptures were re...

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