History of art: ancient & classical art books

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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 >>

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 >>

The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual

The Emperor and Rome: Space, Representation, and Ritual...

Author: Björn C. Ewald (University of Toronto) ,  Carlos F. Noreña (Professor, University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9781107519060
Format: Paperback
$98.32

The advent of monarchy at Rome brought major changes to the city of Rome as well as the political system. Here experts...  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

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Luxus

Luxus

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

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Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy

Dream, Fantasy, and Visual Art in Roman Elegy

Author: Emma Scioli
ISBN: 9780299303846
Format: Paperback
$97.90

The elegists, ancient Rome’s most introspective poets, filled their works with vivid, first-person accounts of dreams....  Read More >>

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Author: T Roger Smith
ISBN: 9781515276845
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Architecture: Classic and Early Christian is an authoritative overview of this period of architecture, complete...  Read More >>

Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece

Artists and Signatures in Ancient Greece

Author: Jeffrey M. Hurwit (University of Oregon)
ISBN: 9781107105713
Format: Hardback
$245.81

The practice of signing works of art, which begins in the eighth century BCE, sets the Greeks apart from most other...  Read More >>

The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History

The Freedman in Roman Art and Art History

Author: Lauren Hackworth Petersen
ISBN: 9781139087780
Format: Online resource
$514.80

In this study, Lauren Petersen critically investigates the notion of 'freedman art' in scholarship.  Read More >>

The Pantheon: From Antiquity to the Present

The Pantheon: From Antiquity to the Present

Author: Tod A. Marder ,  Mark Wilson Jones
ISBN: 9780521809320
Format: Hardback
$432.96

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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

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Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity in the Hellenistic World

Statues and Cities: Honorific Portraits and Civic Identity...

Author: John Ma (Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History, Corpus Christi College, Oxford)
ISBN: 9780198738930
Format: Paperback
$126.95

This book combines archaeology and epigraphy to discuss portraits in ancient art within the context of city-states...  Read More >>

Mesopotamian Archaeology

Mesopotamian Archaeology

Author: Percy Handcock
ISBN: 9781514671948
Format: Paperback
$26.37

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and...  Read More >>

Artemidor von Daldis und die antike Traumdeutung: Texte – Kontexte – Lektüren

Artemidor von Daldis und die antike Traumdeutung: Texte...

Author: Gregor Weber
ISBN: 9783110407259
Format: Hardback
$137.19

Artemidorus Daldianus's Interpretation of Dreams, a dream book written at the end of the second century CE, is the...  Read More >>

Pyramids in Egypt Built from Top to Bottom: Pyramiden - Gebaut Von Oben Nach Unten

Pyramids in Egypt Built from Top to Bottom: Pyramiden...

Author: Reinhold Pachowsky
ISBN: 9783938983287
Format: Paperback
$73.79

HOW they were built? They are considered one of the seven wonders of the world and they are the landmarks of Egypt:...  Read More >>

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