The British Museum has one of the finest collections of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. Masterpieces of Classical Art presents the highlights of the British Museum's collection for the first time in print. This beautiful volume displays 180 of the most important objects, including the most famous (such as the Parthenon sculptures), as well as a selection of lesser-known but equally significant pieces. Together, these works offer an overview of the whole of ancient Classical art.Each object is illustrated with a large color photograph, many of which were taken especially for this publication. The accompanying text unfolds the unique story and features of each object. The introduction offers a brief history of the vast collections of the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the British Museum. Additional section introductions give a brief background for each period of Classical art.

Masterpieces of Classical Art

Arts & Photography

Williams, Dyfri

History & Criticism

University of Texas Press

Originally published in 1985, an introduction to Greek vases based on the British Museum's famous collection. Williams traces the development of Greek painted pottery from around 6000 BC through to its eventual decline in the second century BC. The social and political changes which occurred are reflected in the figured scenes.

Greek Vases

Harvard University Press

Greek Vases /anglais

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BRITISH MUSEUM

Greek Gold: Jewellery of the Classical World

OGDEN, Jack

British Museum Press

During the classical period in ancient Greece, the skill of Greek jewellers and the beauty of the designs they created raised their craft to a miniature art. Published to accompany an exhibition, this catalogue describes and illustrates 200 of the finest surviving pieces of Greek jewellery dating from the 5th to 3rd century BC. Drawn from the collections of the Hermitage, St Petersburg, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and the British Museum, many of the pieces are being exhibited for the first time. Jewellery from all over the Greek world, from Greece itself, from the rich Greek cities of Asia Minor, the Crimea and South Italy, and from areas such as Cyprus, are brought together in the catalogue. It describes the goldsmiths' techniques in detail, with the aid of specially taken scanning electron microphotographs, and discusses how the jewellery was worn, its iconography and how it relates to other arts, such as drawing and sculpture. Illustrations and numerous details accompany each piece, showing the intricacy and subtlety of these works of Greek craftsmanship.

British Museum Pubns Ltd

Masterpieces Classical Art /anglais

This is the book to accompany a special display at the British Museum, telling the unique story of this exquisitely crafted Roman silver drinking cup, engraved with erotic scenes. (Takes place between 11th May and 2nd July, 2006). Created in the first century AD, and after being condemned to an undeserved obscurity for too long, the cup shows a pair of male lovers in explicit homoerotic scenes that reflect the mores of the time and region in which the cup was created and used. The book celebrates how this important and beautiful materpiece of Roman art challenges contemporary viewers to look beyond current social and religious environments for its worthwhile appreciation. Beautifully created in a masterful way that has enabled it to survive for hundreds of years, the Warren cup is a very special recent addition to the Museum's collection that is sure to fascinate visitors for years to come.

The Warren Cup (Objects in Focus)

Surveys the exhibition of Greek gold jewelry held in 1994 at the British Museum and at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World

Metropolitan Museum Of Art (new York, N.y.)

British Museum

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

Harry N.Abrams, Inc.

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