Medusa's gaze
Subtitle: the extraordinary journey of the Tazza Farnese
By: Marina Belozerskaya
Series: Emblems of antiquity
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780199739318
Subjects: Classical Cameos; Tazza Farnese; Tazzas
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Cleopatra's artifice; title: Gem mania in Rome; title: The past acquired, revived, and ransacked; title: "A large dish of onyx" in the Holy Roman Empire; title: Timur, world conqueror and connoisseur; title: Renaissance collectors and thieves; title: In women's hands; title: Gems and ruins in Bourbon Naples; title: The night watchman.