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Boardman, Sir John : Julia Kagan : Claudia Wagner & Catherine Phillips
Reference : 117073
(2017)
ISBN : 9781784917272
Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century
Boardman, Sir John : Julia Kagan : Claudia Wagner & Catherine Phillips: Natter's Museum Britannicum: British gem collections and collectors of the mid-eighteenth century. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2017. iv, 304 pages. Illustrated throughout in colour and black & white. Hard cover. 29 x 21cms. Ex libris Professor Sir John Boardman, the book illustrates Lorenz Natter's 'Museum Britannicum', an 18th century catalogue of drawings and descriptions of ancient and later engraved gems in British collections. Natter's archive was thought to be lost until it was discovered by Oleg Neverov in the 1970s. The work presents Natter's drawings and comments alongside modern information on the gems and where possible colour photographs of the objects.
Ex libris Professor Sir John Boardman, the book illustrates Lorenz Natter's 'Museum Britannicum', an 18th century catalogue of drawings and descriptions of ancient and later engraved gems in British collections. Natter's archive was thought to be lost until it was discovered by Oleg Neverov in the 1970s. The work presents Natter's drawings and comments alongside modern information on the gems and where possible colour photographs of the objects.
The Triumph of Dionysos: Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day
Boardman, Sir John: The Triumph of Dionysos: Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day. Oxford: Archaeopress, 2014. 77 pages, 61 illustrations. Hardback. 24.5x17.5cms. Charts the Dionysian procession in art from its origins in Early Greece through to its surprising modern incarnation in the form of circus parades, discussing and illustrating Greek and Roman vases and cameos, Renaissance painting and Wedgewood pottery.
Charts the Dionysian procession in art from its origins in Early Greece through to its surprising modern incarnation in the form of circus parades, discussing and illustrating Greek and Roman vases and cameos, Renaissance painting and Wedgewood pottery. Text in English
