Hellenistic engraved gems

Title:

Author:

Plantzos, Dimitris.

ISBN:

9780198150374

Personal Author:

Plantzos, Dimitris.

Publication Information:

Oxford ; New York : Clarendon Press, 2003, c1999.

Physical Description:

xv, 148 p., 96 p. of plates : ill., map ; 29 cm.

Series:

Oxford monographs on classical archaeology

Oxford monographs on classical archaeology.

General Note:

Reprinted 2003.

Corporate Subject:

Arkeoloji ihtisas kütüphanesi

Subject Term:

Taşlar, Hellenistik.

Gems, Hellenistic.

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Engraved gems were used by the Greeks as seals and amulets, but were primarily valued as ornaments. Their iconography was drawn from a wide range of motifs and standard devices current in other art forms. In the Hellenistic period gem cutters remained faithful to the classical tradition, but were able to develop new subjects and styles. Portraits, especially of royalty, became the commonest subject in glyptic after Alexander, a practice that continued through the Roman period and was still popular with patrons and artists of the Renaissance and even later. This volume follows the development of gem engraving from Alexander's conquest of the East to the Augustan period. Hellenistic gems are studied in their archaeological and historical context: evidence on their use, significance, and value; questions of technique and style; and problems of chronology and distribution. Special sections have been devoted to patronage of gem-engravers and the relationship of gem-cutting with other miniaturist arts and coinage.

Author Notes

Dimitris Plantzos is at The British Academy.

Preface	p. v
List of Plates	p. ix
Abbreviations	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Part 1 the Evidence	p. 5
Chapter 1 Scholarship and Literature	p. 7
Chapter 2 the Evidence from Temple Inventories	p. 12
Chapter 3 Seals and Seal Usage in Antiquity	p. 18
Part II Hellenistic Intaglios; Technique, Style, and Subject-Matter	p. 33
Chapter 4 Shapes and Materials	p. 35
Chapter 5 Royal Portraits	p. 42
Chapter 6 Gods and Humans	p. 66
Chapter 7 Objects and Animals	p. 98
Chapter 8 Stylistic Groups and Chronology	p. 100
Part III Engraved Gems in the Hellenistic World	p. 103
Chapter 9 Cost and Value of Engraved Gems in Antiquity	p. 105
Chapter 10 Engraved Gems and Their Owners	p. 109
Catalogue	p. 113
Bibliography	p. 137
Concordance	p. 139
Index	p. 145

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