Collectors, scholars, and forgers in the ancient world : object lessons / Carolyn Higbie.
Collectors, scholars, and forgers in the ancient world : object lessons / Carolyn Higbie.
Collectors, scholars, and forgers in the ancient world : object lessons / Carolyn Higbie.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
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G 2018/0423
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English
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Physical content
xv, 276 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 22 cm
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text
still image
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unmediated
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volume
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2017.
Edition
First edition.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2017.
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Summary
As early as the Hellenistic era, some Greeks and Romans began to collect objects and might even display them in palaces, villas, or gardens; as these objects acquired value, a demand was created for more of them, and so copyists and forgers created additional pieces - while copyists imitated existing pieces of art, sometimes adapting to their new s...
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Collectors, scholars, and forgers in the ancient world : object lessons / Carolyn Higbie.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0423
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74VKVGAXWzwd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGAXWzwd
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ISBN
0198759304 hardback
9780198759300 hardback
DDC
364.16350937
MMS ID
991024154648202626
