Published in conjunction with the opening of the Museum's four permanent galleries for ancient art from Cyprus, this volume features some 500 pieces from the Cesnola Collection, illustrated in color, and fully described. Dating from about 2500 BC to about AD 300, the objects include sculpture, weapons, tools, vases, lamps, jewelry, among other things, and they rank among the finest examples of Cypriot art from the prehistoric, Geometric, Archaic, Classical, Hellenistic, and Roman periods. A general introduction and section essays introducing each time period give background and describe context. Karageorghis is the former director of the department of antiquities of the Republic of Cyprus; his two co-authors are affiliated with the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Ancient Cyprus: Its Art and Archaeology
Ancient Glass Christopher S. Lightfoot. Karageorghis 2010b. Vassos Karageorghis. Cypriote Antiquities in the Phylactou Collection. Nicosia: The Anastasios G. Leventis Foundation; The Leventis Municipal Museum, 2010. Karageorghis et al.
The Art of Ancient Cyprus: With a Check-list of the Author's Collection
Blacks in Ancient Cypriot Art
Mr. Casson's book is designed to show that the prehistoric and Hellenic sites in the island deserve much more notice than they have received.
The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods.
The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Stone Sculpture
The Cesnola Collection of antiquities was assembled on Cyprus in the 1860s and 1870s by Luigi Palma de Cesnola, who sold it to The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1872. Cesnola subsequently served as the institution's first director.
(6.3 cm) Rogers Fund, 1906 (o6.1072) and Lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (L.1974.44) Marble lamps with relief decoration are rare. The nozzles at the center and in each of the three projections would have contained wicks.