Ancient Art - Softcover

Virginia Museum Of Fine Arts; Mayo, Margaret Ellen; Russell, Heather S.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 091704651X ISBN 13: 9780917046513

Publisher: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 1998

Synopsis

Selected from the collections of Egyptian, Near Eastern, Aegean, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, the thirty-six objects featured in this book represent the richness and variety of ancient art and provide a wonderful introduction to the museum's collection.
Each chapter presents an overview of a culture, followed by detailed commentaries about individual objects, each illustrated by photographs.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Each color illstration is accompanied by a page of descriptive text that examines every object in detail and in art historical context. The thirty-six works featured are from the collection of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. A fine introduction to ancient art with superb photography.

About the Author:

Margaret Ellen Mayo is the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' Curator of Ancient Art and author of The Art of South Italy: Vases from Magna Graecia.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 091704651X
• ISBN 13: 9780917046513
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 92