The J. Paul Getty Museum handbook of the antiquities collection.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: J. Paul Getty Museum
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
ISBN-13: 9780892369973; 9780892369980
Subjects: J. Paul Getty Museum -- Catalogs; Art, Classical -- Catalogs; Classical antiquities -- Catalogs; Art -- California -- Malibu -- Catalogs
Genres: Catalogs
Other titles: Handbook of the antiquities collection
Description: "The Handbook of the Antiquities Collection presents nearly two hundred of the Getty Museum's most important pieces, including J. Paul Getty's mixed possession the life size marble statue known as the Lansdowne Hecakles."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Michael Brand; title: A brief history of the collection / Karol Wight; title: Notes to the reader; title: Map of the classical world; title: The antiquities collection; title: Preclassical cultures; title: Greek and Eastern Mediterranean; title: South Italian; title: Etruscan; title: Roman; title: Glossary; title: Index; title: Acknowledgments; title: Names of Greek divinities with their Roman and Etruscan equivalents.