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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Page 168
... ( panel ) , some pieces earlier . 26.5 x 17 " . Courtesy , Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . Bequest of William Arnold Buffum ... panels ( extensively crazed ) lie behind these figures and those in the smaller arches to the sides . In the ...
... ( panel ) , some pieces earlier . 26.5 x 17 " . Courtesy , Museum of Fine Arts , Boston . Bequest of William Arnold Buffum ... panels ( extensively crazed ) lie behind these figures and those in the smaller arches to the sides . In the ...
Page 182
... panels of clear amber that are fused along their edges to form the barrel of the bowl or tankard ( for the tankards , the panels are virtually flat ; they are very curved for the bowls ) . The stems of the bowls are made of several ...
... panels of clear amber that are fused along their edges to form the barrel of the bowl or tankard ( for the tankards , the panels are virtually flat ; they are very curved for the bowls ) . The stems of the bowls are made of several ...
Page 191
... panels may still be residing : in bunkers beneath Lubbenaw or Weimar , Germany ; in a lost subterranean ice room of the brewery that Koch frequented ; or in mine shafts in Ohrdruf . Russian artisans began replication of the amber panels ...
... panels may still be residing : in bunkers beneath Lubbenaw or Weimar , Germany ; in a lost subterranean ice room of the brewery that Koch frequented ; or in mine shafts in Ohrdruf . Russian artisans began replication of the amber panels ...
Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments | 8 |
Deposits of the World | 21 |
Frozen in the Act | 79 |
Copyright | |
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