Veronica Tatton-Brown Knihy

From the time the first Greeks arrived, over 3,000 years ago, the island has been the centre of a vigours and creative artistic culture. Many treasures survive from the 1st millennium before Christ which illustrate vividly the fact that Cyprus can rival in achievement the best art in the Mediterranean world. In Footprints of Cyprus these achievements are not only fully depicted in colour and in black and white but also related to their historical context.

This panoramic illustrated history explores the varied styles, techniques and materials used to make jewellery throughout the world since earliest times egyptian necklaces, celtic torcs, south american gold masks, renaissance pendants and art nouveau buckles are among the range of masterpieces described by a team of experts from the british museum and illustrated with 400 superb photographs this reissue includes images of major acquisitions made in the last ten years, particularly from europe since 1700 and from asia