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Claus Virch, "The Adele and Arthur Lehman Collection"

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Claus Virch, "The Adele and Arthur Lehman Collection"

Claus Virch, "The Adele and Arthur Lehman Collection"
1965 | ASIN: B00FAKYJ20 | English | PDF | 114 pages | 9.7 MB

This catalogue tries to record and thus to preserve an aspect of life and culture in New York that is fast vanishing. Most great works of art are now in educational institutions, but those still in private collections, when assembled with love and understanding and arranged in harmonious surroundings, take on a living quality and an intimate appeal that they lose in a museum. …

Christopher S. Lightfoot, "The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps"

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Christopher S. Lightfoot, "The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps"

Christopher S. Lightfoot, "The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps"
2021 | ISBN: 1588397246 | English | PDF | 365 pages | 32 MB

The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. …