Boris Piotrovsky, Ludmila Galanina, Nonna Grach
Scythian Art.
The Legacy of the Scythian World:
mid-7th to 3rd century B.C.
// Leningrad: Aurora Art Publishers. 1986. 184 p.
Foreword by Academician Boris Piotrovsky, Director of the Hermitage.
Introductory articles, selection and notes on the plates by Liudmila Galanina and Nonna Grach.
Translated from the Russian by Viacheslav Sobolev.
Designed by Nikolai Kutovoi.
Photography by
Leonid Bogdanov (13, 56, 64, 104, 105, 109, 112-114, 271, 273),
Ferdinand Kuziumov (22, 66, 67, 70, 78, 92, 103, 115, 116, 118-121, 124, 139, 147, 149-154, 166, 168-170, 175, 219, 223, 247-249),
Vladimir Stukalov (1-3, 6, 7, 9, 14, 15, 18, 28-31, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57-63, 65, 68, 69, 82, 85-91, 93-99, 102, 108, 136, 148, 174, 187-195, 200, 201, 213, 216, 218, 242, 243, 256, 259, 269, 270, 272, 274-288),
and Vladimir Terebenin (4, 5, 8, 10-12, 16, 17, 19-21, 23-27, 32-50, 53, 71-77, 79-81, 83, 84, 100, 101, 106, 107, 110, 111, 117, 122, 123, 125-135, 137, 138, 140-146, 155-165, 171-173, 176-186, 196-199, 202-212, 214, 215, 217, 220-222, 224-241, 244-246, 250-255, 257, 258, 260-268).
Contents
Foreword. — 5
[ Map. — 10-11 ]
Pages from Scythian history. — 12
The artistic legacy of the scythians. — 17
Mid-7th to 6th century B.C. [ 1-60 ] — 22
5th and 4th centuries B.C. [ 61-117 ] — 64
4th and 3rd centuries B.C. [ 118-288 ] — 94
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Selected bibliography. — 179
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The vast Soviet collections of antiquities in the so-called Scythian animal style, which is unique in its refinement and expressiveness, are known throughout the world. Of special interest are the masterpieces of ancient relief metalwork with Scythian motifs and objects in the Graeco-Barbarian style manufactured in the Greek colonies on the shores of the Pontus Euxinus (Black Sea). Also noteworthy are the extremely rare works of art brought by the Scythians from Greece and Asia Minor, as well as the artifacts executed in the mixed Urartian-Scythian style or in the Oriental-Hellenic manner. The Scythian artistic treasures are not only the pride of the Soviet people, but are of interest for art lovers throughout the world.
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