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Marble: Art Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Ancient Sculpture Paperback - 1991

by Marion True (Editor); Jerry Podany (Editor)


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Prominent art historians, scientists, conservators, and sculptors here discuss ancient marble sculpture, including the provenancing of marble, the detection of marble forgeries, scientific analysis and authentication of ancient marble, marble quarrying and trade in the ancient world, and the
techniques used in ancient sculpture.

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  • Title Marble: Art Historical and Scientific Perspectives on Ancient Sculpture
  • Author Marion True (Editor); Jerry Podany (Editor)
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 300
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, USA, Malibu, California, U.S.A.
  • Date March 21, 1991
  • ISBN 9780892361748 / 0892361743
  • Weight 2.32 lbs (1.05 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.6 x 11 x 0.8 in (19.30 x 27.94 x 2.03 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Marble sculpture, Ancient - Congresses
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 90042216
  • Dewey Decimal Code 733
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