Portland Vase The Extraordinary Odyssey of a Mysterious Roman Treasure

Name: Portland Vase The Extraordinary Odyssey of a Mysterious Roman Treasure
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ISBN: 9780060511005

ISBN-10: 0060511001

ISBN-13: 9780060511005

Edition: N/A

Authors: Robin Brooks

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For thousands of years an enigmatic and astonishingly beautiful piece of Roman art has captivated those who have come in contact with it.Made before the birth of Christ, the Portland Vase, as it is called, is renowned for both its beauty and its mystery. In The Portland Vase, Robin Brooks takes us on a vivid journey across Europe and through the centuries, as this delicate piece of glass, less than ten inches in height, passes through the hands of a stunning cast of characters, including the first Roman emperor, Augustus; a notorious tomb raider; a reckless cardinal; a princess with a nasty gambling habit; the ceramics genius Josiah Wedgwood; the secretive Duchess of Portland; and a host…

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 8/9/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.61" tall
Weight: 0.462
Language: English



The Lip


Prologue


The Body



Breaking



Making



Discovery



Cardinal Del Monte and Nicolas Fabri de Peiresc



The Pope



Galileo Galilei and Tommaso Campanella



Cassiano dal Pozzo and the Barberini



James Byres



James Tassie and John Keats



Sir William Hamilton



The Duchess and Mrs. Delaney



Josiah Wedgwood



The Dukes of Portland and the Duchess of Gordon



John Doubleday and Thomas Windus



John, Fifth Duke of Portland and John Northwood



Christie's



Restoration



The Emperor Augustus



Jerome Eisenberg and Susan Walker


The Base


Epilogue


Bibliography


Acknowledgments


Index