Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, Vol. 2, The Terracotta Collection

This catalogue raisonne describes the lamps and statuettes in terracotta of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, to which are added two lamps made of bronze. The collection, small but eclectic, has mostly been assembled in recent years and represents a wide variety of types in these two categories. After an introduction discussing the techniques involved in the production of these objects, the catalogue proper presents 44 lamps, 21 figurines and a single arula with full illustration. This catalogue makes the collection available to a wide readership: students, curators, archaeologists, art historians, collectors and everybody with serious interest in the material culture of the ancient world. This is the second volume of a series intended to make public the different parts of the museum's collection of Mediterranean antiquities. Ce catalogue raisonne presente les lampes et les figurines en terre cuite du Musee des beaux-arts de Montreal ainsi que deux lampes de bronze. La collection, petite mais eclectique, a ete formee recemment et comprend un bon echantillon de ces types d'objets. Apres en avoir explique les techniques de fabrication, le catalogue illustre decrit 44 lampes, 21 statuettes et une arula. Ce livre s'adresse aux etudiants, aux conservateurs, aux archeologues, aux historiens d'art et aux collectionneurs, bref a ceux qu'interesse l'archeologie du monde antique. Il s'agit du deuxieme catalogue d'une serie qui vise a publier la collection des antiquites du Musee.