The lure of gold: an artistic and cultural history

Abstract

Table of Contents from: The Lure of Gold Introduction I. The Bronze Age and Early Advanced Civilizations 1. The Discovery of the Sun in Prehistoric and Early Historical Times 2. Egypt: The Gold of the Pharaohs and Gods 3. Self-presentation and Divine Rites: The Gold Cultures of the Ancient Near East 4. Minoan Joie de Vivre and the Mycenaean Cult of Rulers II. Europe in the First Millennium 5. Greece Influences an Age beyond Its Borders 6. The Mysterious Celts and Their Fascination with Gold 7. The Etruscans: Artists and Connoisseurs 8. Rome: From the Modesty of the Republic to the Splendor of the Empire III. Great Non-European Cultures 9. Gold in the Islamic World: Between Moderation and Opulence 10. Gold for Buddha, Kings, and Emperors: Temples, Pagodas, and Insignia of Asia 11. The Discovery of the New World: The Legend of Eldorado 12. The Gleam on the Gold Coast: The Wealth of African Rulers IV. The Western World from the Middle Ages to the Twentieth Century 13. Treasures of the Age of Migrations and the Early Middle Ages 14. Byzantium: The Gold-Glittering Bastion of Christianity 15. The Metaphysics of Light and the Demonstration of Power: Gold in the High and Late Middle Ages 16. The Metal of Artists, Alchemists, and Kings: The Renaissance, the Baroque, and Classicism 17. Gold in the Modern Age Bibliography Index