Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum

by Jean Bussière, Birgitta Lindros Wohl

Overview

In the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum are more than six hundred ancient lamps that span the sixth century BCE to the seventh century CE, most from the Roman Imperial period and largely created in Asia Minor or North Africa. These lamps have much to reveal about life, religion, pottery, and trade in the ancient Graeco-Roman world. Most of the Museum’s lamps have never before been published, and this extensive typological catalogue will thus be an invaluable scholarly resource for art historians, archaeologists, and those interested in the ancient world.  
Reflecting the Getty's commitment to open content, Ancient Lamps in the J. Paul Getty Museum is available online at http://www.getty.edu/publications/ancientlamps and may be downloaded free of charge in multiple formats, including PDF, MOBI/Kindle, and EPUB, and features zoomable images and multiple views of every lamp, an interactive map drawn from the Ancient World Mapping Center, and bibliographic references.   For readers who wish to have a bound reference copy, a paperback edition has been made available for sale.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781606065143
Publisher:	J. Paul Getty Trust, The
Publication date:	08/02/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	510
File size:	42 MB
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About the Author

Jean Bussière was associate researcher at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, UMR 5140, Archéologie des Sociétés Méditerranéennes, Lattes–Montpellier.
 
Birgitta Lindros Wohl is professor emerita of art history and classics at California State University, Northridge.
 

Table of Contents

Contents Director’s Foreword Acknowledgments Abbreviations and Notes to Readers Introduction Catalogue Typological Classification I. Phoenico-Punic Clay Saucer Lamps II. Greek and Hellenistic Clay Lamps / Wheelmade Lamps III. Roman-Period Clay Lamps / Types from both Western and Eastern Provinces of the Roman Empire / Late Republican Lamps IV. Metal Lamps Indices Index of Iconography Index of Signatures and Inscriptions Index of Donors and Vendors Index of Place Names Concordance of Identification Numbers Bibliography About the Authors