TY - BOOK ID - 64930973 TI - Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum AU - Maria Lucia Ferruzza AU - Ferruzza, Maria Lucia AU - J. Paul Getty Museum PY - 2016 SN - 160606486X 1606064851 PB - Getty Publications DB - UniCat KW - Terra-cotta sculpture KW - Terra-cotta sculpture, Ancient KW - J. Paul Getty Museum KW - Ancient terra-cotta sculpture KW - Terra-cottas KW - Sculpture KW - Getty (J. Paul) Museum. KW - Getty Museum KW - JPGM KW - Museo J. Paul Getty KW - History of the arts UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:64930973 AB - In the ancient world, terracotta sculpture was ubiquitous. Readily available and economicalunlike stone suitable for carvingclay allowed artisans to craft figures of remarkable variety and expressiveness. Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily attest to the prolific coroplastic workshops that supplied sacred and decorative images for sanctuaries, settlements, and cemeteries. Sixty terracottas are investigated here by noted scholar Maria Lucia Ferruzza, comprising a selection of significant types from the Getty ER -