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ART TREASURES OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM
Grigson, Geoffrey
000372 Hard Cover. No Jacket. Oversize. 175 pages - no book jacket - very good condition. No publisher's date, or ISBN number. Awesome b/w photographs of sculptures, artifacts, pottery, reliefs, figures, and many treasures that are priceless described and pictured throughout this older book. Photographs have been taken by Edwin Smith with an artist's eye for the textures, formal qualities, and innate drama of every object. The British Museum opened in 1759 and is often called the 'father' of the museums of the world. Here in this book are sculptures from Sumer, Egypt, India, China, Greece, Mexico, Africa and the Pacific, tomb figures and pottery, treasures beyond price from the reliefts of the Parthenon to the zoomorphic prow of a Viking Ship, from the Royal Gold Cup of the Kings of France and England, to the bronze heads of Ife & Benin. 153 plates in photogravure & 6 color plates. Many masks, ceramic figurines, religious symbols, fashions, plates are shown in all their antique glory..! UK: Harry Abrams
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36.75 USD
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