Antique Gems: Their Origin, Uses, and Value as Interpreters of Ancient History and as Illustrative of Ancient ArtMurray, 1860 - 498 pages |
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Page iii
... taste there has sprung up at the same time an earnest desire to investigate the principles of ancient art in its various productions , and to trace the dif ferent phases through which it has passed before it attained its highest degree ...
... taste there has sprung up at the same time an earnest desire to investigate the principles of ancient art in its various productions , and to trace the dif ferent phases through which it has passed before it attained its highest degree ...
Page vii
... taste , versed at the same time in the literature of Greece and Rome , who have resided or travelled in classic lands , who have not brought home with them some of these miniature memorials of the genius and skill of the ancient artists ...
... taste , versed at the same time in the literature of Greece and Rome , who have resided or travelled in classic lands , who have not brought home with them some of these miniature memorials of the genius and skill of the ancient artists ...
Page xiii
... taste and skill of those ages when the love of the beautiful flourished in its fullest extent , unfettered by prejudice , tradition , or conventional rules ; whilst , from the unlimited demand during those ages for engraved gems , both ...
... taste and skill of those ages when the love of the beautiful flourished in its fullest extent , unfettered by prejudice , tradition , or conventional rules ; whilst , from the unlimited demand during those ages for engraved gems , both ...
Page xiv
... taste only looks at the mind displayed in the production , not at the extent of surface over which its result may be diffused . The feeling which induces the pretender to taste to slight the genius embodied within the small compass of ...
... taste only looks at the mind displayed in the production , not at the extent of surface over which its result may be diffused . The feeling which induces the pretender to taste to slight the genius embodied within the small compass of ...
Page xvi
... which characterise the excellence of the largest works of the most consummate masters . Great indeed must have been his taste and talent , his power and patience , who could make a small - sized Onyx or Carnelian xvi INTRODUCTION .
... which characterise the excellence of the largest works of the most consummate masters . Great indeed must have been his taste and talent , his power and patience , who could make a small - sized Onyx or Carnelian xvi INTRODUCTION .
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Abraxas Agate Amethyst amongst amulets ancient antique gems appears artists Assyrian Augustus bearing beauty Beryl bronze bust Cabinet Calcedony camei cameo Carnelian Caylus century coins colour crown Crystal Cupid deities Diamond Dioscorides Egyptian Emerald emperor Empire engraved engraved gems Etruscan execution favourite Fcap figures finest finger Garnet gem-engraving gems glass Gnostic gold ring Greek Green Jasper ground hand head Hence Hercules Herz Collection imitation inscription intagli Jacinth jewellers Julius Cæsar Jupiter king Lapis-lazuli legend letters lion Lord lustre manner metal Mithras modern nature notice Onyx origin ornaments period Persian Plates Pliny portrait Post 8vo precious stones present probably Red Jasper relief Roman Rome Ruby rude Sapphire Sard Sardonyx Sassanian scarabs seals seated Second Edition seen Serapis serpent signet Stosch style subjects taste Theophrastus Third Edition tion usually vases Venus virtue Vols wear wearer whilst Woodcuts worn