Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Picture Worlds that focuses on Szeemann’s Grandfather

that focuses on Szeemann’s Grandfather exhibition (1974)

One of American Photo ’s Best Photography Books of the Year: 2016

ISBN 978-1-60606-107-7

Gianfranco Ferrè

Idurre Alonso is associate curator of Latin American collections at the Getty Research Institute

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Picture Worlds that focuses on Szeemann’s GrandfatherFaya Causey This catalogue presents a group of remarkable amber carvings from the J. Paul Getty Museums collectionthe second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The fifty six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers date from around 650 to 300 BCE Offering a full description of each piece, including typology, style, chronology, provenance, condition, and iconography, the catalogue is preceded