The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracottas
- ISBN-10
- 1588396258
- ISBN-13
- 9781588396259
- Series
- The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art
- Category
- Art
- Pages
- 285
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-09-19
- Publisher
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Authors
- Joan R. Mertens, Vassos Karageorghis, Gloria S. Merker
Description
The Cesnola Collection of antiquities from Cyprus preserves the island’s artistic traditions from prehistoric through Roman times and represents the first large group of ancient Mediterranean works to enter the museum’s collection. This catalogue, which focuses on Cypriot terracottas, was originally published in 2004 as a CD-ROM, and is now available in a more accessible format. It contains nearly 500 works dating from between about 2000 B.C. and the 2nd century A.D. from one of the most expansive collections of Cypriot art in the world. Illustrations of each object are accompanied by a detailed catalogue entry, including a brief bibliography. In addition, fifteen commentaries make the catalogue a perfect introduction to Cypriot terracottas and the colorful world of ancient life and mythology.
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