Engraved Gems: Survivals and Revivals

Usd, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), National Gallery of Art Staff

National Gallery of Art, 1997 - Crafts & Hobbies - 320 pages

Contains 17 papers on the history of engraved gems (including both intaglios and cameos) from ancient Greece through the nineteenth century. They address the influence of Greek and Roman gems on postclassical painters, sculptors and gem engravers as well as the collecting of gems in the Middle Ages, Renaissance and later periods.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Engraved Gems: Survivals and Revivals; Volume 32 of Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Art, Symposium Papers; Volume 32 of Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts Washington, DC, Symposium papers; Volume 54 of Report and studies in the history of art; Volume 32 of Studies in the History of Art: Symposium Papers; Volume 32 of Studies in the history of art (Washington, D.C.).: Symposium papers; Issue 54 of Studies in the history of art, ISSN 0091-7338; Volume 32 of Symposium papers - Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts, Studies in the history of art; Volume 32 of Symposium papers, D.C.). Center for Advanced Study in the Visual Arts (Washington
• Authors: Usd, National Gallery of Art (U.S.), National Gallery of Art Staff
• Editor: Clifford M. Brown
• Contributors: John Boardman, Samuel H. Kress Foundation
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: National Gallery of Art, 1997
• ISBN: 0894682717, 9780894682711
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: Crafts & Hobbies / Jewelry