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LES ANTIQUITES CHYPRIOTES DANS LES COLLECTIONS PUBLIQUES FRANCAISES 23 x 29.2cm xx + 266pp. 2 maps; XCIII plates ISBN 9963-560-03-2 Hardback $55.00 / £C25.00 |
Considerable numbers of Cypriot antiquities are housed in the various provincial museums in France and in several lesser known museums in Paris. The purpose of this volume is to collect all of these together to make them more readily available for study. Major collections of Cypriot material such as those in the Musée du Louvre and several of the most important national museums are not included. Most of the volume is devoted to a detailed catalogue of objects listed under the heading of the towns (45 in all) in which they are located. The artifacts are essentially ceramics, limestone sculptures of varying size, heads of statues and figurines of terracotta, glass objects andjewels. Bronze objects are rare. The chronological range is from the Bronze Age (EC III) to the Roman period. The majority of the objects were acquired in the second half of the l9th century. Quantities in individual collections vary from one sherd of a White Slip bowl in Calais to 185 objects in the Musée d'Archéologie, Château Borély in Marseille. Notes are included, where known, on the origin of the various artifacts and the history of the collections. Preface by Marguerite Yon. Index of objects by type and index of proper names.
THE POTTERS' ART OF ANCIENT CYPRUS 22 x 29.5cm 173 + 35pp. numerous illustrations in colour Published by the Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv and the A.G. Leventis Foundation Languages: English and Hebrew Paperback $28.60 / £C13.00 |
The Cypriote ceramics collection comprises more than 400 ceramic vessels and figurines gathered together by the late Dr. Walter Moses; the majority were purchased in Cyprus, but some were also bought in Israel. Although the collection inevitably testifies to the taste of its owner, it includes many characteristic groups of vessels which represent the principal styles prevalent throughout the island. Following brief introductions to the history of the Museum's Cypriote collection (by Olenik) and the archaeology of Cyprus in its Mediterranean context (by Karageorghis), the main part of this volume comprises a catalogue of 102 objects, predominantly ceramic but with a few terracotta human and animal figurines and several votive masks. For each object the chronological period, inventory number and dimensions are followed by a full description (in English and Hebrew) including references to previous publications. Each object is also illustrated with a colour photograph, either individually or in a small group. The chronological range of the objects begins with the Early Bronze Age/Middle Bronze Age (ECIII-MCI) and continues through the Classical and Hellenistic periods. One sgraffto ware vessel of the l4th century A.D. is also included. A chronological table, map of sites and bibliography complete the volume.
CYPRUS & APHRODITE 21 x 24cm 193pp. numerous illustrations Published by SDU uitgeverij, 's-Gravenhage (Netherlands) Languages: English and Dutch ISBN 90-12-06218-7 Out of print |
This book was published on the occasion of an exhibition of Cypriot antiquities at the Allard Pierson Museum in Amsterdam in 1989. Karageorghis provides an overview of one hundred years of Cypriot archaeology, followed by chapters on the goddess Aphrodite (after Jacqueline Karageorghis) and on various aspects of modern Cyprus. There follows a lengthy outline of the history and culture of Cyprus from the Neolithic through post-Roman times. Webb contributes a chapter on ideology and ritual from the earliest times to the Classical period, and this is followed by a 45 page catalogue of the 308 items in the exhibition which range in date from the Aceramic Neolithic to the Late Roman period. Many of the artifacts were loaned by the Cyprus Museum, Nicosia, and other district museums in Cyprus; others were obtained from collections in Europe and the USA. The volume ends with a brief bibliography.
SOME ATTIC VASES IN THE CYPRUS MUSEUM 17 x 24cm 46pp. 19 plates Published by the Oxford University Committee for Archaeology, Oxford ISBN 0-947816-27-5 Paperback $15.40 / £C7.00 |
This essay was originally published in the Proceedings of the British Academy 33, 1948. This revised edition of Beazley's text follows the original with minor alterations introduced to aid the reader. Twenty fve Athenian black-figure, red-fgure and white-ground vases in the Cyprus Museum are catalogued. The value of the publication lies in Beazley's often lengthy discussions on shape, technique, style, and subject which are as informative now as they were in 1948.
ART ANTIQUE DE CHYPRE AU MUSEE DU LOUVRE 20 x 26cm 163pp. numerous illustrations Published by Éditions Kapon, Athens, for the Fondation A. G. Leventis, Paris and the Réunion des Musées Nation aux, Paris ISBN 2-7118-2562-0 Paperback $52.80 / £C24.00 |
This is a sumptuously illustrated guide to the examples of ancient Cypriot art housed in the Musée du Louvre in Paris, one of the most important collections of Cypriot material outside Cyprus. A brief history of the Cypriot collection is provided by Caubet, and an introduction to the art and archaeology of Cyprus from earliest times to the Roman period by Karageorghis. Hermary contributes brief notes on Cypriot sculpture. The major part of the volume is an exhaustive catalogue of 201 artifacts dating from the Chalcolithic to the Roman period. These include ceramics, faience and stone objects, figurines of terracotta and bronze, stone sculture and vessels and jewellery in precious metals, including some from the excavations of Schaeffer. Amathus, Athienou, Enkomi, Golgoi, Idalion, Kition, Kourion, Lapithos, Marion, Sinda and Vounous are among the Cypriot sites represented, and Minet-el-Beida and Ras Shamra among sites abroad.
