Christopher S. Lightfoot, "The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art: Terracotta Oil Lamps"
2021 | ISBN: 1588397246 | English | PDF | 365 pages | 32 MB
2021 | ISBN: 1588397246 | English | PDF | 365 pages | 32 MB
The fourth catalogue in a series that documents the renowned Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art, this book focuses on the collection’s 453 terracotta oil lamps dating from the Classical, Hellenistic, Roman, and Early Byzantine periods. The rich iconography on many of these common, everyday objects provides a rare look into daily life on Cyprus in antiquity and highlights the island’s participation in Roman artistic and cultural production. …