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.
Full Product Details
Author: Faya Causey
Publisher: Getty Trust Publications
Imprint: Getty Publications
Dimensions:
Width: 15.00cm
, Height: 1.50cm
, Length: 25.00cm
Weight: 0.666kg
ISBN: 9781606066348
ISBN 10: 160606634
Pages: 306
Publication Date: 07 January 2020
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"""An exemplary publication. . . . Well-researched and attractively written. . . . This publication is an example for other institutions which hold similar objects to follow.""--Pawel Golyzniak ""Jewellery Studies"" (2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM)"
An exemplary publication. . . . Well-researched and attractively written. . . . This publication is an example for other institutions which hold similar objects to follow. --Pawel Golyzniak Jewellery Studies (2/1/2023 12:00:00 AM)
Author Information
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).
