Amber: Window to the PastThis is a comprehensive study of the various roles and uses of amber, in nature as well as art. The fossilized tree resin has not only inspired elaborate workmanship and long been used in jewelry and other decorative objects, but is also highly valued by natural scientists because it frequently encapsulates flora and fauna from other periods of evolution. |
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... carved relatively easily , and it comes in a variety of warm colors . However , it splinters and breaks more easily than ivory , one substance used often with amber , which is why the detail in amber carvings is not as intricate as that ...
... carved relatively easily , and it comes in a variety of warm colors . However , it splinters and breaks more easily than ivory , one substance used often with amber , which is why the detail in amber carvings is not as intricate as that ...
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... carved from a piece of amber more than a slave . One can only imagine the cost of the amber portrait , perhaps a bust , of Augustus at Olympia , which was reported by the traveler Pausanias . By the end of the first century A.D. , the ...
... carved from a piece of amber more than a slave . One can only imagine the cost of the amber portrait , perhaps a bust , of Augustus at Olympia , which was reported by the traveler Pausanias . By the end of the first century A.D. , the ...
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... carved from amber ; passed around the table , perhaps , was a small bowl , made from amber , containing sweets ; one might have drunk from an elaborate tankard crafted from amber , similar in color to the beer it contained ; and light ...
... carved from amber ; passed around the table , perhaps , was a small bowl , made from amber , containing sweets ; one might have drunk from an elaborate tankard crafted from amber , similar in color to the beer it contained ; and light ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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