The Art of the Scythians: The Interpenetration of Cultures at the Edge of the Hellenic World

by Esther Jacobson

This volume considers the art of the Scythians of the northern littoral of the Black Sea, as that art was expressed in gold, silver, bronze, and bone. Appearing by the seventh century B.C. at the edge of an expanding Hellenic world, the history and art of the Scythians must be considered within a context that recognizes the sources of Scythian culture in the Eurasian Steppe as well as the historical contingency of West Asia and the Greek colonies...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9004098569
• ISBN13: 9789004098565
• Release Date: December 1995
• Publisher: Brill
• Length: 305 Pages
• Weight: 2.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 7.8" x 9.6"