The Golden Deer of Eurasia; Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes; The State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, and the Archaeological Museum, Ufa
The Golden Deer of Eurasia; Scythian and Sarmatian Treasures from the Russian Steppes; The State Hermitage, Saint Petersburg, and the Archaeological Museum, Ufa
- ISBN 13:
9780300085105
- ISBN 10:
0300085109
- Format: Trade Book
- Copyright: 10/11/2000
- Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Summary
The subjects represented in the Filippovka works are similar to those in the animal repertoire of contemporary Scythian art, but the exuberant and highly ornamental Filippovka style is unmatched in the area and resembles that of artworks found much farther east, in the frozen tombs of the Altai Mountains region of Siberia and in western China. An introductory overview by Ann Farkas and essays by Russian authorities explain the history and archaeology of the nomads of Eurasia, the Filippovka kurgans, cults and rituals of the steppe nomads, and conservation of the Filippovka finds. The vo