Finding aid for the study photographs of ancient relief sculpture 76.P.10

Ann Harrison
Special Collections
2009
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Los Angeles 90049-1688
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Contributing Institution: Special Collections
Title: Study photographs of ancient relief sculpture
Creator: Ross, John
Creator: Bini, Barbara
Creator: Serafis, Emile
Creator: Getty Research Institute
Identifier/Call Number: 76.P.10
Physical Description: 27.6 Linear Feet (132 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900s
Abstract: A collection of modern photographs assembled by the Getty Research Institute of ancient sculpture in relief, concentrating on the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD).
Language of Material: English .

Processing History

Finding aid created in 2009.

Other Finding Aids

The Photo Archive Database  includes photograph level access to approximately 21% of the photographs in this collection.

Publication Rights

Photographs and permission to publish must be obtained from copyright holder(s). For further information, contact Library Reproductions and Permissions .

Access

Open for use by qualified researchers. For further information, consult the Guide to the Photo Archive and Database .

Biographical/Historical Note

In 1974, the J. Paul Getty Museum began assembling a "photo library" by consolidating the visual resources of each existing curatorial department. By the early 1980s, the Photo Archive was actively acquiring large collections of photographs from commercial and private sources and scholars' archives that contained a photographic component. In 1983, the nearly one million photographs of the Photo Archive were incorporated into the Research Institute's Special Collections.

Scope and Content of Collection

An assembled collection of modern photographs of ancient sculpture in relief, concentrating on the Greek and Roman periods, Greek Archaic through the late Roman Empire (6th century BC-6th century AD). While photographic coverage of ancient Etruscan, Greek, and Roman relief sculpture is the most complete, the collection also includes reliefs from other cultures, including prehistoric Cypriot, Helladic and Minoan, Assyrian, Celtic, Celto-Ligurian, Egypto-Roman, Gallo-Roman, Siceliote, Romano-German, and Romano-Syrian. The majority of the images are of reliefs in marble or stone, but examples in bone, ivory, metal, and wood are also included. The collection contains photographs from a variety of sources, including commercial vendors and photographers, research institutions' archives, museum and auction house files, and scholars' archives. Among the commercial vendors and photographers, the most important sources are Alinari (including the Anderson and Brogi archives), Bildarchiv Foto Marburg, Bulloz, Photographie Giraudon, Gabinetto fotografico nazionale (Rome), Rheinisches Bildarchiv Köln, Hirmer Verlag, Barbara Bini, John Ross, and Emile Serafis. Research institution archives from which the collection holds copy prints include the Fototeca unione at the American Academy, Rome; Centre Camille Jullian; Deutsches Archäologisches Institut (DAI), Athens and Rome; American School of Classical Studies at Athens.

Arrangement

Arrangement is by culture; further arranged by medium, form and location.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Relief (Sculpture), Ancient
Relief (Sculpture), Greek
Relief (Sculpture), Etruscan
Relief (Sculpture), Roman
Photographic prints

 

Study photographs of ancient relief sculpture

 

Etruscan

box 1

Altars, bases

box 1, box 2

Canopic urns

box 3, box 4, box 5, box 6, box 7, box 8, box 9, box 10, box 11, box 12

Cinerary urns

box 13

Cippi

box 14

Plaques

box 15

Stelai

box 16

Other forms

 

Greek

 

Marble/Stone

box 17, box 18, box 19, box 20, box 21

Altars

box 22, box 23, box 24

Bases

box 25

Cineraria

box 67

Disks

box 26

Document reliefs

box 67

Friezes

box 27, box 28

Lekythoi

box 29

Loutrophoroi

 

Stelai

box 30

A-B

box 31, box 32, box 33, box 34, box 35, box 36, box 37, box 38, box 39, box 40

Athens

box 41

C-D

box 42

Copenhagen

box 43

E-G

box 44

H-K

box 45

L-M

box 46, box 47

Malibu

box 48

N-P

box 49, box 50

New York

box 51

Paris

box 52

Piraeus

box 53

Q-T

box 54

Rome

box 55

Thebes

box 56

U-Z, unknown locations

box 57, box 58, box 59, box 60, box 61, box 62, box 63, box 64, box 65, box 66

Votive reliefs

box 67

Unidentified forms

box 68

Bone and ivory

box 69

Metal

box 70

Terracotta

 

Roman

 

Marble/Stone

 

By form

box 71, box 72, box 73, box 74, box 75, box 76, box 77, box 78

Altars

box 79, box 80

Bases

box 81, box 82, box 83, box 84, box 85, box 86

Cineraria

box 87

Commemorative reliefs

box 88, box 89, box 90, box 91, box 92

Decorative reliefs

box 93

Grave reliefs

box 94

Puteals

box 95

Roundels

box 96, box 97, box 98, box 99, box 100, box 101, box 102, box 103, box 104, box 105, box 106

Stelai

box 107, box 108, box 109

Votive reliefs

box 110

Unidentified forms

 

Stylistic groups

box 111

Archaistic

box 112

Copies of Greek originals

box 113, box 114

Neo-Attic

box 115, box 116, box 117, box 118, box 119, box 120, box 121

Bone and ivory

box 122

Metal

box 123, box 124, box 125

Terracotta

 

Other cultures

box 126

Achaemenid, Assyrian, Celtic, Cypriot, Gallo-Roman, Italic, Minoan, Mycenaean, Punic, Romano-German

box 127, box 128, box 129

Romano-Syrian

box 130, box 131

South Italian

box 132*

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