Ancient gems are precious stones with engraved images. Intaglios (gems with incised negative images) functioned as seals, jewelry, and amulets. Cameos (with raised relief images) were jewels or for display. Gems are a testimony to social and cultural history and reflect historical events. This book looks at their history from the Minoan/Mycenaean period to Late Antiquity (4th/3rd millennium BC - 5th century AD) and their continued use and reinterpretation in the Middle Ages, as well as their reception by collectors, experts, and artists from the Middle Ages to Modern Times.

Antike Gemmen und ihr Nachleben (German Edition)

Arts & Photography

Zwierlein-Diehl, Erika

History & Criticism

de Gruyter

Abdrücke von neuzeitlichen Kameen und Intaglien: Mit Nachträgen und Ergänzungen zu Band 1 (German Edition)

Deutscher Kunstverlag (DKV)

Magische Amulette und andere Gemmen des Instituts für Altertumskunde der Universität zu Köln (Abhandlungen der Rheinisch-Westfälischen Akademie ... Papyrologica Coloniensia) (German Edition)

Westdeutscher Verlag

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