Small Bronze Sculpture from the Ancient World : Papers Delivered at a Symposium - True, Marion ; & Podany, Jerry ; editors:

Malibu [CA], J. Paul Getty Museum, 1990. orig.wrappers. 28x20cm, 284 pp. Weighs 1100 grams. Textual photo illustrations.. ISBN: 089236176X. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Full title reads: "Small bronze sculpture from the ancient world : papers delivered at a symposium / organized by the departments of Antiquities and Antiquities Conservation and held at the J. Paul Getty Museum, March 16-19,1989". Contents: 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, M. R. Cowell, P. T. Craddock, and D. R. Hook -- 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? Archaeological 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 - List of Ancient Objects Illustrated.

True, Marion ; & Podany, Jerry ; editors: - Small Bronze Sculpture from the Ancient World : Papers Delivered at a Symposium