Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
First published in 2012, this catalogue presents fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the Getty Museum's collection—the second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The ambers date from about 650 to 300 BC. The catalogue offers full description of the pieces, including typology, style, chronology, condition, and iconography. Each piece is illustrated.
 
The catalogue is preceded by a general introduction to ancient amber (which was also published in 2012 as a stand-alone print volume titled Amber and the Ancient World). Through exquisite visual examples and vivid classical texts, this book examines the myths and legends woven around amber—its employment in magic and medicine, its transport and carving, and its incorporation into jewelry, amulets, and other objects of prestige. This publication highlights a group of remarkable amber carvings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

This catalogue was first published in 2012 at museumcatalogues.getty.edu/amber/. The present online edition of this open-access publication was migrated in 2019 to www.getty.edu/publications/ambers/; it features zoomable, high-resolution photography; free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book; and JPG downloads of the catalogue images.
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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
First published in 2012, this catalogue presents fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the Getty Museum's collection—the second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The ambers date from about 650 to 300 BC. The catalogue offers full description of the pieces, including typology, style, chronology, condition, and iconography. Each piece is illustrated.
 
The catalogue is preceded by a general introduction to ancient amber (which was also published in 2012 as a stand-alone print volume titled Amber and the Ancient World). Through exquisite visual examples and vivid classical texts, this book examines the myths and legends woven around amber—its employment in magic and medicine, its transport and carving, and its incorporation into jewelry, amulets, and other objects of prestige. This publication highlights a group of remarkable amber carvings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

This catalogue was first published in 2012 at museumcatalogues.getty.edu/amber/. The present online edition of this open-access publication was migrated in 2019 to www.getty.edu/publications/ambers/; it features zoomable, high-resolution photography; free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book; and JPG downloads of the catalogue images.
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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Faya Causey
Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum
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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Faya Causey

Overview

First published in 2012, this catalogue presents fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the Getty Museum's collection—the second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The ambers date from about 650 to 300 BC. The catalogue offers full description of the pieces, including typology, style, chronology, condition, and iconography. Each piece is illustrated.
 
The catalogue is preceded by a general introduction to ancient amber (which was also published in 2012 as a stand-alone print volume titled Amber and the Ancient World). Through exquisite visual examples and vivid classical texts, this book examines the myths and legends woven around amber—its employment in magic and medicine, its transport and carving, and its incorporation into jewelry, amulets, and other objects of prestige. This publication highlights a group of remarkable amber carvings at the J. Paul Getty Museum.

This catalogue was first published in 2012 at museumcatalogues.getty.edu/amber/. The present online edition of this open-access publication was migrated in 2019 to www.getty.edu/publications/ambers/; it features zoomable, high-resolution photography; free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book; and JPG downloads of the catalogue images.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781606066355
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Trust, The
Publication date: 01/07/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 314
File size: 38 MB
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About the Author

Faya Causey is the head of the academic programs department at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. She has lectured and published on a variety of subjects, but primarily on amber, antiquity, and contemporary artists and architects whose work has ancient aspects. She is also the author of Amber and the Ancient World (Getty Publications, 2012).
 

Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Amber and the Ancient World Jewelry: Never Just Jewelry Amber Magic? What Is Amber? Where Is Amber Found? The Properties of Amber Ancient Names for Amber Color and Other Optical Characteristics: Ancient Perception and Reception Ancient Literary Sources on the Origins of Amber Amber and Forgery The Ancient Transport of Amber Literary Sources on the Use of Amber Amber Medicine, Amber Amulets The Bronze Age Early Iron Age and the Orientalizing Period The Archaic and Afterward The Working of Amber: Ancient Evidence and Modern Analysis The Production of Ancient Figured Amber Objects Catalogue Orientalizing Group 1. Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) 2. Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) with Bird 3. Pendant: Addorsed Females 4. Pendant: Divinity Holding Hares 5. Pendant: Lion with Swan 6. Pendant: Paired Lions Ship with Figures 7. Pendant: Ship with Figures Korai 8. Pendant: Standing Female Figure (Kore) 9. Pendant: Head Fragment from a Standing Female Figure (Kore) Human Heads 10. Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx 11. Pendant: Head of a Female Divinity or Sphinx 12. Pendant: Satyr Head in Profile 13. Pendant: Satyr Head 14. Pendant: Female Head in Profile 15. Pendant: Winged Female Head in Profile 16. Pendant: Winged Female Head 17. Pendant: Female Head in Profile 18. Pendant: Female Head 19. Pendant: Female Head 20. Pendant: Female Head in Profile 21. Pendant: Female Head 22. Pendant: Female Head 23. Pendant: Winged Female Head 24. Pendant: Female Head 25. Pendant: Female Head in Profile 26. Pendant: Female Head Animals 27. Roundel: Animal 28. Plaque: Addorsed Sphinxes 29. Pendant: Hippocamp 30. Pendant: Cowrie Shell / Hare 31. Pendant: Lion 32. Pendant: Female Animal (Lioness?) Lions’ Heads 33. Pendant: Lion’s Head 34. Spout or Finial: Lion’s Head 35. Pendant: Lion’s Head 36. Pendant: Lion’s Head Boars 37. Pendant: Foreparts of a Recumbent Boar 38. Plaque: Addorsed Lions’ Heads with Boar in Relief Rams’ Heads 39. Pendant: Ram’s Head 40. Pendant: Ram’s Head 41. Pendant: Ram’s Head 42. Pendant: Ram’s Head 43. Pendant: Ram’s Head 44. Pendant: Ram’s Head 45. Pendant: Ram’s Head 46. Pendant: Ram’s Head 47. Pendant: Ram’s Head 48. Pendant: Ram’s Head 49. Pendant: Ram’s Head 50. Pendant: Ram’s Head 51. Pendant: Ram’s Head 52. Finial(?): Ram’s Head 53. Spout or Finial: Ram’s Head Other Animal Heads 54. Pendant: Bovine Head 55. Pendant: Horse’s Head in Profile 56. Pendant: Asinine Head in Profile Forgery 57. Statuette: Seated Divinity Technical Essay: Analysis of Selected Ambers from the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum Acknowledgments Bibliography About the Authors
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