Carving as Craft
Palatine East and the Greco-Roman Bone and Ivory Carving Tradition
Our rough guess is there are 61,000 words in this book.
At a pace averaging 250 words per minute, this book will take 4 hours and 4 minutes to read. With a half hour per day, this will take 8 days to read.
How long will it take you?
This book will take an estimated to read at a reading speed averaging words per minute. With 30 minutes per day, this will take to read.
Enter your reading speedYou can take one of our WPM reading speed tests to find your reading speed.
Create a free account to track your reading progress, build your reading list, and set reading goals.
Author
Publication
2003-07-28 - The Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
Word Count
61,000 words, Guess
Page Count
244 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL7871048M
- ISBN-139780801872617
- ISBN-100801872618
- OCLC Control Number50448144
- Library of Congress Control Number2002012552
and 2 more
- Goodreads5461306
- LibraryThing4695270
Classifications
- LCCNK5860.S7 2003
Description
"From 1989 to 1994 more than fifteen hundred bone and ivory objects were excavated from the northeast slope of Rome's Palatine Hill. These remains constitute the largest such find in the west Mediterranean and the first traces of the actual working of ivory in Rome itself. In this original work, art historian Archer St. Clair explores the significance of these finds in understanding both the development of artisanship in Rome and the broader Greco-Roman cultural and artistic tradition to which they belong."--Jacket.
First Sentence
Bone and ivory were major carving mediums in the ancient world, yet the notion that bone is merely a poor substitute for ivory is prevalent in both ancient and modern literature.
Subjects
Topics
Similar Books
Greek studies: a series of essays
by Walter Pater.
Oxyrhynchus Papyri 34/2683-2732 (Graeco-Roman Memoirs)
P. Kingston, P. J. Parsons, J. R. Rea, L. Ingrams
Pompeii: public and private life
Paul Zanker ; translated by Deborah Lucas Schneider.
The Secret History (Penguin Classics)
Procopius, Richard Atwater
Cicero: Letters to Quintus and Brutus. Letter Fragments. Letter to Octavian. Invectives. Handbook of Electioneering; D. Letters (Loeb Classical Library No. 462)
Cicero, D. R. Shackleton Bailey
Cicero: Vol. XXII, Letters to Atticus 1-89 (Loeb Classical Library No. 7)
Cicero
Plutarch's Lives
with an English translation by Bernadotte Perrin.
Reader Reviews
No reviews yet for this book.
Be the first to share your thoughts!