The Cesnola collection of Cypriot art.

The Cesnola collection of Cypriot art. Terracotta oil lamps /

"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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Lightfoot, C. S. (Author)
Corporate Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) (Author)
Other Authors: Hollein, Max (writer of foreword.)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published:New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art ; New Haven : Distributed by Yale University Press, [2021]
©2021.
Subjects:
Cesnola, Luigi Palma di, > 1832-1904 > Art collections > Catalogs.
Cesnola Collection (Metropolitan Museum of Art) > Catalogs.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) > Catalogs.
Terra-cotta sculpture, Cypriot > Catalogs.
Lamps, Ancient > Cyprus > Catalogs.
Terra-cotta sculpture > Private collections > New York (State) > New York > Catalogs.
Lamps > Private collections > New York (State) > New York > Catalogs.
Table of Contents:
  • Director's foreword / Max Hollein
  • Preface / Seán Hemingway
  • Acknowledgements / Christopher S. Lightfoot
  • Introduction: The collection
  • Other collections of terracotta lamps from Cyprus
  • Typology
  • Decoration
  • Cesnola, tombs, and lamps
  • Makers' marks on Roman lamps
  • Notes on the catalogue
  • Map of Cyprus
  • Catalogue. Saucer-shaped lamps and related objects (Cat. 1-24)
  • Greek lamp (Cat. 25)
  • Hellenistic Lamps (Cat. 26-73). Wheel-made, Cat. 26-39 ; Mold-made, Cat. 40-73
  • Roman lamps: plain discus (Cat. 74-123). Undecorated discus, Cat. 74-114 ; Discus with radiating lines, Cat. 115-123
  • Roman lamps: rosette discus (Cat. 124-176)
  • Roman lamps: wreath discus (Cat. 177-204)
  • Roman lamps: animals (Cat. 205-270)
  • Roman lamps: daily life (Cat. 271-282)
  • Roman lamps: games, races, and entertainment (Cat. 283-340)
  • Roman lamps: gods and myth (Cat. 341-402)
  • Roman lamps: Jewish and Christian (Cat. 403-416)
  • Miscellaneous lamps (Cat. 417-453)
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix: Makers' marks on Roman lamps in the Cesnola Collection
  • Concordance.

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