Medusa's gaze : the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese / Marina Belozerskaya.

By:

Belozerskaya, Marina, 1966-

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780199876426
0199876428
9780199979356
0199979359

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: Medusa's gaze.DDC classification:

736/.2220932 23

LOC classification:

NK5722 .B45 2012eb

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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.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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'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.

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