Title: The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford
Author: Michael Vickers
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
Series: Ashmolean Handbooks
ISBN: 9781854442086 (ISBN-10: 1854442082)
Language: English
Pages: 96
Dimensions: About 21 x 14.5 cm
Publication Date: 2007
Genre: Classical Antiquities, Art History, Archaeology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford is a handbook by Michael Vickers, Professor of Archaeology at Oxford and former curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum. It describes the largest surviving part of Britain’s first major collection of classical antiquities. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, gathered the sculptures and inscriptions in the early seventeenth century for his London house and garden, and the second group, the Pomfret marbles, was added to the Ashmolean in 1755. Vickers follows the collection’s eventful history before it reached Oxford and describes the works themselves. The book is illustrated with 52 colour and 28 black-and-white images and includes a chronology of key events and a bibliography. It is a compact guide for readers of ancient art, archaeology and the history of collecting.
Title: The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford
Author: Michael Vickers
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Ashmolean Museum (Oxford)
Series: Ashmolean Handbooks
ISBN: 9781854442086 (ISBN-10: 1854442082)
Language: English
Pages: 96
Dimensions: About 21 x 14.5 cm
Publication Date: 2007
Genre: Classical Antiquities, Art History, Archaeology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles in Oxford is a handbook by Michael Vickers, Professor of Archaeology at Oxford and former curator of Greek and Roman Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum. It describes the largest surviving part of Britain’s first major collection of classical antiquities. Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel, gathered the sculptures and inscriptions in the early seventeenth century for his London house and garden, and the second group, the Pomfret marbles, was added to the Ashmolean in 1755. Vickers follows the collection’s eventful history before it reached Oxford and describes the works themselves. The book is illustrated with 52 colour and 28 black-and-white images and includes a chronology of key events and a bibliography. It is a compact guide for readers of ancient art, archaeology and the history of collecting.
