Small bronze sculpture from the ancient world papers delivered at a symposium / [electronic resource] :
organized by the departments of Antiquities and Antiquities Conservation and held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, March 16-19, 1989.
- Malibu, Calif. : The Museum, 1990.
- 1 online resource (284 pages) : ill.
- Getty Publications virtual library
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Includes bibliographical references.
Dr. Heinz Menzel : in memoriam / David Gordon Mitten -- Samos and some aspects of archaic Greek bronze casting / Helmut Kyrieleis -- Ancient copper alloys : some metallurgical and technological studies of Greek and Roman bronzes / David A. Scott and Jerry Podany -- Egyptian metal statuary of the Third Intermediate Period (circa 1070-656 B.C.), from its Egyptian antecedents to its Samian examples / Robert Steven Bianchi -- The human figure in classical bronze-working : some perspectives / Joan R. Mertens -- The gilding of bronze sculpture in the Classical World / W.A. Oddy [and others] -- The casting of Greek bronzes : variation and repetition / Carol C. Mattusch -- Practical considerations and problems of bronze casting / Paul K. Cavanagh -- Surface working, chiseling, inlays, plating, silvering, and gilding / S. Boucher -- Patinated and painted bronzes : exotic technique or ancient tradition? / Hermann Born -- Scientific approaches to the question of authenticity / Arthur Beale -- How important is provenance? Archeological and stylistic questions in the attribution of ancient bronzes / Beryl Barr-Sharrar -- The use of scientific techniques in provenance studies of ancient bronzes / Pieter Meyers -- Connoisseurship and antiquity / George Ortiz.
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Bronze figurines, Ancient Small sculpture, Ancient