History of art: ancient & classical art books

3218 books were found.

The Spiritual Language of Art: Medieval Christian Themes in Writings on Art of the Italian Renaissance

The Spiritual Language of Art: Medieval Christian Themes...

Author: Steven F.H. Stowell
ISBN: 9789004283916
Format: Hardback
$625.68

Analyzing the literature on art from the Italian Renaissance, The Spiritual Language of Art explores the complex...  Read More >>

Art in the Hellenistic World: An Introduction

Art in the Hellenistic World: An Introduction

Author: Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9781107625921
Format: Paperback
$98.32

This textbook offers a new thematic, contextualized, and richly illustrated approach to Hellenistic art for advanced...  Read More >>

Essays on Art

Essays on Art

Author: A (Arthur) Clutton-Brock
ISBN: 9781503051331
Format: Paperback
$21.09

These essays, reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement with a few additions and corrections, are not all entirely...  Read More >>

Acropolis (English language edition): Visiting its Museum and its Monuments

Acropolis (English language edition): Visiting its Museum...

Author: Panos Valavanis ,  Valavanis Panos
ISBN: 9789606878749
Format: Paperback
$23.29

Designed to be a useful travel companion. Descriptions and interpretation show the monuments of Athens in a different...  Read More >>

Artifacts from Ancient Rome

Artifacts from Ancient Rome

Author: James B. Tschen-Emmons, Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781610696197
Format: Hardback
$160.00

When Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed, they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about...  Read More >>

The Egyptian Creation Story

The Egyptian Creation Story

Author: Hon REV Dr Don William West I Manuel
ISBN: 9781499063547
Format: Paperback
$36.10

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Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture in the Greek World

Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture...

Author: Peter Schultz ,  Ralf Von den Hoff
ISBN: 9781782977391
Format: Paperback
$126.72

This volume presents the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens...  Read More >>

Korinthische Figurenvasen: Dufte, Gaben Und Symbole

Korinthische Figurenvasen: Dufte, Gaben Und Symbole...

Author: Stephanie Bohm
ISBN: 9783795428709
Format: Hardback
$234.96

This book examines figural vessels for anointing oil formed in the shape of animals and hybrid creatures, which...  Read More >>

Nok: African Sculpture in Archaeological Context

Nok: African Sculpture in Archaeological Context

Author: Peter Breunig
ISBN: 9783937248462
Format: Paperback
$166.32

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Why Were They Built?: Six Man-Made Wonders of the World

Why Were They Built?: Six Man-Made Wonders of the World...

Author: Juliana Xavier ,  Scott Hayden
ISBN: 9780993823008
Format: Hardback
$52.80

Monarchs die, dynasties crumble, and borders between states are redrawn. There are six iconic monuments that have...  Read More >>

Ashes

Ashes

Author: Assistant Professor Nathan T Arrington (Princeton University)
ISBN: 9781322212487
Format: Electronic book text
$263.87

Ashes, Images, and Memories argues that the institution of public burial for the war dead and images of the deceased...  Read More >>

Le Jardin Dans l'Antiquite. Tome LX

Le Jardin Dans l'Antiquite. Tome LX

Author: Kathleen Coleman ,  Pascale Derron
ISBN: 9782600007603
Format: Hardback
$217.80

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The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics in the Roman Empire, 100 BCE–250 CE

The Ancient Middle Classes: Urban Life and Aesthetics...

Author: Ernst Emanuel Mayer
ISBN: 9780674416963
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Our image of the Roman world is shaped by the writings of Roman statesmen and upper class intellectuals. Yet most...  Read More >>

Celtic Art in Europe: Making Connections

Celtic Art in Europe: Making Connections

Author: Katharina Ulmschneider ,  Sally Crawford
ISBN: 9781782976554
Format: Hardback
$155.25

The new benchmark volume on Celtic Art in Europe.  Read More >>

The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from Pottery for Workshops, Markets, and Customs

The Italic People of Ancient Apulia: New Evidence from...

Author: T. H. Carpenter (Ohio University) ,  K. M. Lynch (University of Cincinnati)
ISBN: 9781107041868
Format: Hardback
$282.04

The focus of this book is on the Italic people of Apulia during the fourth century BC. This book makes the broad...  Read More >>

Cultural Practices and Material Culture in Archaic and Classical Crete: Proceedings of the International Conference, Mainz, May 20-21, 2011

Cultural Practices and Material Culture in Archaic and...

Author: Oliver Pilz ,  Gunnar Seelentag
ISBN: 9783110331646
Format: Hardback
$295.68

Offers rich material for investigating questions at the heart of research on social organization in ancient Greece....  Read More >>

The Epic of Gilgamesh: An Old Babylonian Version

The Epic of Gilgamesh: An Old Babylonian Version

Author: Morris Jastrow, Jr. ,  Albert T Clay
ISBN: 9781502454102
Format: Paperback
$23.63

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Ten Books on Architecture

Ten Books on Architecture

Author: Nelson Robinson ,  Herbert Langford Warren
ISBN: 9781502423924
Format: Paperback
$31.02

1. The architect should be equipped with knowledge of many branches of study and varied kinds of learning, for it...  Read More >>

Antike um jeden Preis

Antike um jeden Preis

Author: Charlotte Schreiter
ISBN: 9783110316889
Format: Hardback
$291.63

After the Seven Years' War, plaster casts and copies of ancient sculptures were produced and sold in Germany on...  Read More >>

Arte poética de Horacio o Epístola a los Pisones: Tres traducciones al castellano y la versión latina

Arte poética de Horacio o Epístola a los Pisones: Tres...

Author: Horacio
ISBN: 9781502378231
Format: Paperback
$76.56

Epístola a los Pisones del poeta Horacio, más conocida como Ars poetica, ha venido a ser uno de los sostenes del...  Read More >>

The Traveler's Guide to Greek Archaeology: Getting the Most from Your Mediterranean Trip

The Traveler's Guide to Greek Archaeology: Getting the...

Author: Gregory a Smith (Lewis and Clark College USA)
ISBN: 9781460247891
Format: Paperback
$28.44

Here is an indispensable guide for anyone embarking on cruise or trip around the countries that border the Mediterranean...  Read More >>

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