History of art: ancient & classical art books

3218 books were found.

The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Greek Lamps and Offering Trays: Corinth 18.7

The Sanctuary of Demeter and Kore: Greek Lamps and Offering...

Author: Nancy Bookidis ,  Elizabeth G. Pemberton
ISBN: 9780876611876
Format: Hardback
$396.00

This volume continues the publication of excavations conducted by the American School of Classical Studies at Athens...  Read More >>

Master of Attic Black Figure Painting: The Art and Legacy of Exekias

Master of Attic Black Figure Painting: The Art and Legacy...

Author: Dr Elizabeth Moignard (University of Glasgow, UK)
ISBN: 9781780761411
Format: Hardback
$260.00

Originally published in Great Britain by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in 2015.  Read More >>

The Antiquities of Athens: And Other Monuments of Greece

The Antiquities of Athens: And Other Monuments of Greece...

Author: James Stuart ,  Nicholas Revett
ISBN: 9781340142292
Format: Hardback
$71.15

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion, Literature & Art. from the German of Oskar Seyffert. REV. and Edited, with Additions

A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, Mythology, Religion,...

Author: Dr Oskar Seyffert
ISBN: 9781340169596
Format: Hardback
$86.99

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

The World's Painters and Their Pictures

The World's Painters and Their Pictures

Author: Deristhe Levinte Hoyt
ISBN: 9781517424619
Format: Paperback
$52.77

"THE present universal interest in the subject of historic art and the indications that very soon it will hold equal...  Read More >>

Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, Priestesses of Ancient Rome

Portraits of the Vestal Virgins, Priestesses of Ancient...

Author: Molly Lindner
ISBN: 9780472118953
Format: Hardback
$263.87

Examines portraits of Rome’s Vestal Virgins as artistic documents and political vehicles  Read More >>

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides

Author: Rosanna Lauriola ,  Kyriakos N. Demetriou
ISBN: 9789004249370
Format: Hardback
$813.12

Brill's Companion to the Reception of Euripides offers a comprehensive account of the reception of Euripides’ plays...  Read More >>

La Pittura Murale Nell'antichita: Storia, Tecniche, Conservazione

La Pittura Murale Nell'antichita: Storia, Tecniche,...

Author: Licia Vlad Borrelli
ISBN: 9788867284337
Format: Paperback
$79.20

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The Antiquities of Athens: And Other Monuments of Greece

The Antiquities of Athens: And Other Monuments of Greece...

Author: James Stuart ,  Nicholas Revett
ISBN: 9781297825583
Format: Hardback
$68.51

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Archaisches Lachen: Die Entstehung Einer Komischen Bilderwelt in Der Korinthischen Vasenmalerei

Archaisches Lachen: Die Entstehung Einer Komischen Bilderwelt...

Author: Detlev Wannagat
ISBN: 9783110186239
Format: Hardback
$396.00

The comic is crucial to every culture: mocking established values, transcending the boundaries of morals and proprieties,...  Read More >>

A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities Mythology, Religion, Literature & Art

A Dictionary of Classical Antiquities Mythology, Religion,...

Author: Dr Oskar Seyffert
ISBN: 9781297709388
Format: Hardback
$86.99

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819, Volume 2

Pompeiana: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of...

Author: William Gell, Sir
ISBN: 9781296564841
Format: Hardback
$76.43

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

Beyond Iconography: Materials, Methods, and Meaning in Ancient Surface Decoration

Beyond Iconography: Materials, Methods, and Meaning...

Author: Sarah Lepinski ,  Susanna McFadden
ISBN: 9781931909310
Format: Paperback
$65.87

This volume presents a spectrum of current research on ancient surface decoration that offers new avenues of exploration...  Read More >>

Globalized Antiquity: Uses and Perceptions of the Past in South Asia, Mesoamerica, and Europe

Globalized Antiquity: Uses and Perceptions of the Past...

Author: Ute Schueren ,  Daniel Marc Segesser
ISBN: 9783496016007
Format: Paperback
$211.17

Inspired by postmodern and postcolonial critics of the dominant Western canons in the fields of historiography,...  Read More >>

Read Roman Mosaics

Read Roman Mosaics

Author: Derrick Napier
ISBN: 9781910223468
Format: Paperback
$60.72

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Classical World: All That Matters

Classical World: All That Matters

Author: Alastair Blanshard
ISBN: 9781444177961
Format: Paperback
$29.99

Why have ancient Rome and Greece been so influential?  Read More >>

Monster in Der Frühgriechischen Kunst: Die Überwindung Des Unfassbaren

Monster in Der Frühgriechischen Kunst: Die Überwindung...

Author: Lorenz Winkler-Horacek
ISBN: 9783110189001
Format: Hardback
$369.60

Portrayals of monsters and beasts set in long, alternate rows dominated early Greek art from 700 to about 550 BC....  Read More >>

Epic of Gilgamesh

Epic of Gilgamesh

Author: Albert T Clay ,  Morris Jastrow
ISBN: 9781516986453
Format: Paperback
$20.46

"The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100...  Read More >>

Frate Francesco. Friar Francis: Traces, Words, Images

Frate Francesco. Friar Francis: Traces, Words, Images...

Author: Friar Carlo Bottero ,  Stefano Brufani
ISBN: 9788857226668
Format: Paperback
$54.99

The figure of Saint Francis of Assisi and his perennial message of peace seen through exceptional historical manuscripts....  Read More >>

L’ oblique dans le monde grec: Concept et imagerie

L’ oblique dans le monde grec: Concept et imagerie

Author: Thibault Girard (Université Lumière Lyon 2)
ISBN: 9781784911393
Format: Paperback
$90.56

Explores the ancient Greeks' apprehension (or lack thereof) of the concept of oblique. The study of written and...  Read More >>

Word Becomes Image: Openwork vessels as a reflection of Late Antique transformation

Word Becomes Image: Openwork vessels as a reflection...

Author: Hallie G. Meredith
ISBN: 9781784911294
Format: Paperback
$116.44

Presents a diachronic investigation providing a rich case study as well as an approach tracing the contours of a...  Read More >>

Luxus

Luxus

Author: Kenneth Lapatin
ISBN: 9781606064221
Format: Hardback
$134.95

Offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials. This volume...  Read More >>

Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy

Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy

Author: Emma Scioli
ISBN: 9780299303846
Format: Paperback
$111.10

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Ancient Mediterranean Art in the Ackland Art Museum

Ancient Mediterranean Art in the Ackland Art Museum...

Author: Mary C. Sturgeon
ISBN: 9781469625515
Format: Paperback
$264.00

Presents the collection of ancient art in the Ackland Art Museum at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill....  Read More >>

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