Name: Gold, Lapis, Carnelian, and Turquoise Scarab Bracelet in the Style of Tutankhamun
SKU: FJ.0006
Price: 72000.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Classical antiquity is a broad term for a long period of cultural history centered on the Mediterranean Sea, comprising the interlocking civilizations of ancient Greece and ancient Rome, collectively known as the Greco-Roman world. It is the period in which Greek and Roman society flourished and wielded great influence throughout Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. Conventionally, it is taken to begin with the earliest-recorded Greek poetry of Homer (8th–7th century BC), and continues through the emergence of Christianity and the decline of the Roman Empire (5th century AD). It ends with the dissolution of classical culture at the close of Late Antiquity (AD 300–600). The culture of the ancient Greeks, together with a cross section of influences from the Orient, prevailed throughout classical antiquity as the basis of art, philosophy, society, and educational ideals. These ideals were preserved and imitated by the Romans, and it is this “Greco-Roman” cultural foundation that has been so immensely influential on the language, politics, educational systems, philosophy, science, art, and architecture of the modern world. Out of this sprang the ground-breaking art of the period, with its emphasis on symmetry, proportion, geometry, and a revolutionary blending of naturalism with idealism. “Classical Art,”…

Gold, Lapis, Carnelian, and Turquoise Scarab Bracelet in the Style of Tutankhamun

SKU

FJ.0006

Circa

21st Century

Medium

Carnelian, Gold, Lapis Lazuli

Origin

Egypt

Gold, Lapis, Carnelian, and Turquoise Scarab Bracelet in the Style of Tutankhamun

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