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Discover the enchanting world of amber with *Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity*. This captivating book explores the rich history and cultural significance of amber across three millennia, shedding light on its role in art, literature, and science. Authored by Rachel King, this brand new volume is a beautifully illustrated journey that starts from amber's origins as primordial tree resin and travels through time to its contemporary allure.
Dive into the intricate stories, political debates, and reflections on national and personal identity intertwined with this timeless substance. The text delves into amber's unique properties, including its natural magnetic qualities, remarkable inclusions of flora and fauna, and its magical appeal, making it revered in various cultures for ornamentation, healing, and mystical practices. King engages readers with her accessible style, revealing ethical and moral questions about humanity's past and present relationship with amber, a natural time capsule.
Not only is this book a critical resource for historians and enthusiasts alike, but it also serves as an important commentary on Earth’s environmental challenges, offering insights into our ecological future. Experience amber’s sunlight-like qualities and its documentation through art and photography in this extraordinary scholarly work.
Shipping for this item is FREE. Please allow 6 weeks for delivery. Kindly note that once you place your order, we are unable to cancel it.
Shipping for this item is FREE, however please allow 6 weeks for shipping, please note once you place the order we are not able to cancel it.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781789145915
Year: 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Description:
Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity is a history of human engagement with amber across three millennia. The book vividly describes our conceptions, stories, and political and scholarly disputes about amber, as well as issues of national and personal identity, religion, art, literature, music and science. Rachel King rewrites amber's history for the twenty-first century, tackling thorny ethical and moral questions regarding humanity's relationship with amber in the past, as well our connection with it today. With Earth facing unprecedented challenges, amber — the natural time capsule, and preserver of key information about the planet's evolutional history — promises to offer invaluable insights into what comes next.
'This is a must-have book, fascinating and readable from the first page. In this beautifully illustrated volume, the reader is spirited from amber’s origins as a primordial tree resin and its deep-time geological sources to the remarkable history of its use by humans from the Paleolithic era to the present. Amber’s sunlight-like qualities, its remarkable inclusions of flora and fauna, natural magnetic properties, scent and beauty have made it a magical and much sought-after substance for ornament, magic, and medicine around the globe. From ancient literary sources to contemporary photography, this book’s references and images document amber’s attraction and popularity.' — Faya Causey, author of Amber and the Ancient World
'King unravels the different histories of amber with consummate ease, engaging the reader throughout with her lucid and accessible style. Wonderfully erudite in her approac
Dive into the intricate stories, political debates, and reflections on national and personal identity intertwined with this timeless substance. The text delves into amber's unique properties, including its natural magnetic qualities, remarkable inclusions of flora and fauna, and its magical appeal, making it revered in various cultures for ornamentation, healing, and mystical practices. King engages readers with her accessible style, revealing ethical and moral questions about humanity's past and present relationship with amber, a natural time capsule.
Not only is this book a critical resource for historians and enthusiasts alike, but it also serves as an important commentary on Earth’s environmental challenges, offering insights into our ecological future. Experience amber’s sunlight-like qualities and its documentation through art and photography in this extraordinary scholarly work.
Shipping for this item is FREE. Please allow 6 weeks for delivery. Kindly note that once you place your order, we are unable to cancel it.
Shipping for this item is FREE, however please allow 6 weeks for shipping, please note once you place the order we are not able to cancel it.
Condition: BRAND NEW
ISBN: 9781789145915
Year: 2022
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Description:
Amber: From Antiquity to Eternity is a history of human engagement with amber across three millennia. The book vividly describes our conceptions, stories, and political and scholarly disputes about amber, as well as issues of national and personal identity, religion, art, literature, music and science. Rachel King rewrites amber's history for the twenty-first century, tackling thorny ethical and moral questions regarding humanity's relationship with amber in the past, as well our connection with it today. With Earth facing unprecedented challenges, amber — the natural time capsule, and preserver of key information about the planet's evolutional history — promises to offer invaluable insights into what comes next.
'This is a must-have book, fascinating and readable from the first page. In this beautifully illustrated volume, the reader is spirited from amber’s origins as a primordial tree resin and its deep-time geological sources to the remarkable history of its use by humans from the Paleolithic era to the present. Amber’s sunlight-like qualities, its remarkable inclusions of flora and fauna, natural magnetic properties, scent and beauty have made it a magical and much sought-after substance for ornament, magic, and medicine around the globe. From ancient literary sources to contemporary photography, this book’s references and images document amber’s attraction and popularity.' — Faya Causey, author of Amber and the Ancient World
'King unravels the different histories of amber with consummate ease, engaging the reader throughout with her lucid and accessible style. Wonderfully erudite in her approac