The Cesnola Collection of antiquities was assembled on Cyprus in the
1860s and 1870s by Luigi Palma di Cesnola, who sold it to The
Metropolitan Museum of Art in 1872. Cesnola subsequently served as the
institution’s first director. Numbering around 6,000 objects, the
collection documents the artistic traditions and creativity of the
island from prehistoric through Roman times.
The publication
focuses on terracottas: 424 pieces that date from about 2000 B.C. to the
2nd century A.D. Each object is accompanied by a catalogue entry with
description, bibliography, and illustration. There are also fifteen
commentaries and a glossary, chronology, and maps that introduce the
colorful world of ancient life and mythology to an interested public
while providing an invaluable tool to students and archaeologists.
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