TY - GEN AU - Maria Lucia Ferruzza TI - Ancient Terracottas from South Italy and Sicily in the J. Paul Getty Museum SN - 9781606064856 PY - 2016/// PB - Getty Publications KW - History of the arts N1 - Open Access N2 - 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 UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/74915 UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/40845 ER -