History of art: ancient & classical art books

3382 books were found.

The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the Pharaohs

The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the...
Author: Zahi Hawass ISBN: 9788854413450 Format: Hardback	$89.99
In this superbly illustrated volume, distinguished Egyptologist Zahi Hawass guides you through the architectural... Read More >>

Schoenberg: Why He Matters

Schoenberg: Why He Matters
Author: Harvey Sachs (Curtis Institute of Music) ISBN: 9781631497575 Format: Hardback	$49.95
An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in... Read More >>

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: The Mechanics of Life

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: The Mechanics of Life...
Author: Dominique Le Nen , Pascal Brioist ISBN: 9782370742148 Format: Paperback	$49.99
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Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years
Author: Rochelle Zide-Booth ISBN: 9781916852181 Format: Hardback	$55.41
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The Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art

The Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art
Author: Sharon Khalifa-Gueta ISBN: 9789463723572 Format: Hardback	$419.76
The motif of the woman and the dragon has been prevalent in Western art since antiquity, yet has hitherto remained... Read More >>

Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia: Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity

Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia: Miniaturization...
Author: Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper (Southern Methodist University, Texas) ISBN: 9781108738460 Format: Paperback	$59.49
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Shaping Roman Landscape: Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture and Decoration in Early Imperial Italy

Shaping Roman Landscape: Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture...
Author: Mantha Zarmakoupi ISBN: 9781606068489 Format: Hardback	$113.95
A groundbreaking ecocritical study that examines how ideas about the natural and built environment informed architectural... Read More >>

Explanations in Iconography: Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning

Explanations in Iconography: Ancient American Indian...
Author: Carol Diaz-Granados ISBN: 9798888570425 Format: Paperback	$130.00
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Heroes: Principles of African Greatness

Heroes: Principles of African Greatness
Author: Kevin D. Dumouchelle ISBN: 9783777438825 Format: Hardback	$59.99
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Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years
Author: Rochelle Zide-Booth ISBN: 9781088227732 Format: Paperback	$36.93
Rochelle Zide-Booth joined the fabled Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on her 16th birthday and quickly rose to the rank... Read More >>

The Temple of Apollo 'in Circo': And the Creation of an Augustan Architectural Language

The Temple of Apollo 'in Circo': And the Creation of...
Author: Alessandro Viscogliosi ISBN: 9788891324221 Format: Hardback	$726.00
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Music of the Renaissance: Imagination and Reality of a Cultural Practice

Music of the Renaissance: Imagination and Reality of...
Author: Laurenz Ltteken , Galina Potapova ISBN: 9798887192925 Format: Hardback	$54.99
Where previous accounts of the Renaissance have not fully acknowledged the role that music played in this decisive... Read More >>

Life and Afterlife in Ancient China

Life and Afterlife in Ancient China
Author: Jessica Rawson ISBN: 9780241472705 Format: Hardback	$103.50
An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs. The three millennia... Read More >>

The Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination

The Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination...
Author: Dr Adeline Grand-Clément (University of Toulouse 2, France) , Dr Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne University, France) ISBN: 9781350251632 Format: Paperback	$59.99
This volume tackles the role of smell, under-explored in relation to the other senses, in the modern rejection,... Read More >>

The Greek Vase: Art of the storyteller

The Greek Vase: Art of the storyteller
Author: John H. Oakley ISBN: 9780714122953 Format: Paperback	$29.99
Wonderfully preserved Greek vases are a unique source of information about the mythology, religion, drama and daily... Read More >>

Drawing the Greek Vase

Drawing the Greek Vase
Author: Caspar Meyer (Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture, Professor of Classical Archaeology and Material Culture, Bard Graduate Center, New York) , Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis (Senior Lecturer in Classics, Senior Lecturer in Classics, University of St Andrews) ISBN: 9780192856128 Format: Hardback	$195.95
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Abdrücke von neuzeitlichen Kameen und Intaglien: Mit Nachträgen und Ergänzungen zu Band 1

Abdrücke von neuzeitlichen Kameen und Intaglien: Mit...
Author: Erika Zwierlein-Diehl , Martin von Wagner Museum der Universität Würzburg ISBN: 9783422800588 Format: Hardback	$245.81
Glaspasten, Repliken von Gemmen in Glas, waren aufwendig in der Herstellung, seltener und teurer als z.B. Gips-Abgüsse... Read More >>

Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory: An Encyclopaedic Workshop

Pliny the Elder and the Matter of Memory: An Encyclopaedic...
Author: Anna Anguissola ISBN: 9781032056227 Format: Paperback	$41.99
The Roman official and intellectual Pliny the Elder’s Natural History constitutes our primary source on the figural... Read More >>

Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from the Archaeological Record

Yahweh and the Origins of Ancient Israel: Insights from...
Author: Nissim Amzallag (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel) ISBN: 9781009314763 Format: Hardback	$219.94
This book advances a new perspective on the birth of ancient Israel combining the archaeological data and biblical... Read More >>

Ancient Egyptian Gold: Archaeology and science in jewellery (3500-1000 BC)

Ancient Egyptian Gold: Archaeology and science in jewellery...
Author: Maria Filomena Guerra , Marcos Martinón-Torres ISBN: 9781913344122 Format: Hardback	$168.19
Following accessible introductions to the art and use of gold in Ancient Egypt, and to current advances in technical... Read More >>

The Alternative Augustan Age

The Alternative Augustan Age
Author: Josiah Osgood ISBN: 9780197673652 Format: Paperback	$66.95
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Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour

Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand...
Author: Scott Samuelson ISBN: 9780226780047 Format: Paperback	$32.95
A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome’s great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging... Read More >>

The Making of the Doric Temple: Architecture, Religion, and Social Change in Archaic Greece

The Making of the Doric Temple: Architecture, Religion,...
Author: Gabriel Zuchtriegel (Archaeological Park of Pompeii, Italy) ISBN: 9781009260107 Format: Hardback	$194.06
On the basis of old and new archaeological data, some which presented for the first time, the author argues that... Read More >>

Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand Tour

Rome as a Guide to the Good Life: A Philosophical Grand...
Author: Scott Samuelson ISBN: 9780226826264 Format: Hardback	$163.95
A unique, portable guidebook that sketches Rome’s great philosophical tradition while also providing an engaging... Read More >>

Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented

Machine Room of the Gods: How Our Future Was Invented...
Author: Vinzenz Brinkmann ISBN: 9783422996366 Format: Hardback	$99.50
The ancient cultures of East Asia, the Near and Middle East and the Mediterranean were characterised by spectacular... Read More >>

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