Silver for the gods : 800 years of Greek and Roman silver : The Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, October 9-November 20, 1977, the William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kansas City, Missouri, December 11, 1977-January 22, 1978, the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, February 18-April 2, 1978. /

"The primary goal of this exhibition is to provide a balanced view of the range and development of ancient silver during the eight centuries from Classical Greece, about 500 B.C., to the late Roman Empire, about 320 A.D. ... In this exhibition special concern has been given to the selection of...

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Author / Contributor: Oliver, Andrew, Jr., 1936-
Corporate Authors: Toledo Museum of Art, William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, Kimbell Art Museum
Imprint: [Toledo, Ohio] : Toledo Museum of Art, ©1977.
Format: Book
Language:English
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Summary:"The primary goal of this exhibition is to provide a balanced view of the range and development of ancient silver during the eight centuries from Classical Greece, about 500 B.C., to the late Roman Empire, about 320 A.D. ... In this exhibition special concern has been given to the selection of objects in order to give an indication of the taste, forms and decoration of silver produced during this period. This is the first international loan exhibition of Greek and Roman silver."--Page 7.
Physical Description:175 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references.