History of art: ancient & classical art books

3294 books were found.

Tra Cartagine e Roma: I centri urbani dell’eparchia punica di Sicilia tra VI e I sec. a.C.

Tra Cartagine e Roma: I centri urbani dell’eparchia...

Author: Salvatore De Vincenzo
ISBN: 9783110290196
Format: Hardback
$295.68

This work investigates the Carthaginian territories in Sicily from the period of Punic settlement of the western...  Read More >>

Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture

Personal Styles in Early Cycladic Sculpture

Author: Pat Getz-Gentle
ISBN: 9781299916289
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

Beginning with a review of the cycladic sculptural tradition, with particular emphasis on the stages leading up...  Read More >>

The Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis

The Captor's Image: Greek Culture in Roman Ecphrasis...

Author: Associate Professor of Classics and Comparative Literature Basil Dufallo (University of Michigan)
ISBN: 9781299600928
Format: Electronic book text
$263.74

An influential view of ecphrasis--the literary description of art objects--chiefly treats it as a way for authors...  Read More >>

Greek Culture and the Ego: A Psycho-Analytic Survey of an Aspect of Greek Civilization and of Art

Greek Culture and the Ego: A Psycho-Analytic Survey...

Author: Adrian Stokes
ISBN: 9781306001342
Format: Electronic book text
$739.20

No further information has been provided for this title.  Read More >>

Couched in Death

Couched in Death

Author: Elizabeth P Baughan
ISBN: 9781306046695
Format: Electronic book text
$79.07

In Couched in Death, Elizabeth P. Baughan offers the first comprehensive look at the earliest funeral couches...  Read More >>

Animals in the Classical World: Ethical Perspectives from Greek and Roman Texts

Animals in the Classical World: Ethical Perspectives...

Author: Alastair Harden
ISBN: 9781306092654
Format: Electronic book text
$224.40

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Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Author: Brian A Brown ,  Marian H Feldman
ISBN: 9781306429597
Format: Electronic book text
$921.36

Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art concentrates on the visual, material, and built aspects of the Ancient...  Read More >>

Adonis

Adonis

Author: Professor of Italian Carlo Caruso (Durham University)
ISBN: 9781306722575
Format: Electronic book text
$279.84

In this detailed treatment of the myth of Adonis in post-Classical times, Carlo Caruso provides an overview of the...  Read More >>

Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece

Heroic Rulers of Archaic and Classical Greece

Author: Lynette Mitchell (University of Exeter, UK.)
ISBN: 9781306722766
Format: Electronic book text
$279.84

With an in-depth exploration of rule by a single man and how this was seen as heroic activity, the title challenges...  Read More >>

The Mosaics of Roman Crete

The Mosaics of Roman Crete

Author: Rebecca J Sweetman (University of St Andrews, Scotland)
ISBN: 9781299707726
Format: Undefined
$330.00

This book examines the rich corpus of mosaics created in Crete during the Roman and Late Antique eras.  Read More >>

Seduction and Power

Seduction and Power

Author: Silke Knippschild ,  Marta Garcia Morcillo
ISBN: 9781306842143
Format: Electronic book text
$279.84

This volume focuses on the reception of antiquity in the performing and visual arts from the Renaissance to the...  Read More >>

The Ceremonial Sculptures of the Roman Gods

The Ceremonial Sculptures of the Roman Gods

Author: Brian Madigan
ISBN: 9789004227231
Format: Hardback
$472.56

This study examines the visual and textual evidence for free-standing images of gods which functioned ceremonially...  Read More >>

The Campana Collection at the Royal Museum of Art and History (Brussels)

The Campana Collection at the Royal Museum of Art and...

Author: S. Sarti
ISBN: 9789461360250
Format: Paperback
$337.92

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La Chapelle d'Hathor - Temple d'Hatchepsout a Deir El-Bahari I: Vestibule Et Sanctuaires

La Chapelle d'Hathor - Temple d'Hatchepsout a Deir El-Bahari...

Author: N Beaux
ISBN: 9782724706208
Format: Paperback
$578.16

Accompanying DVD-ROM contains digitized versions of the plates.  Read More >>

Amore E Psiche a Roma Storyboard del Mito E City Map

Amore E Psiche a Roma Storyboard del Mito E City Map...

Author: Miriam Mirolla
ISBN: 9788882657239
Format: Paperback
$34.32

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Architecture. Mysticism and Myth

Architecture. Mysticism and Myth

Author: William Richard Lethaby
ISBN: 9781781071496
Format: Paperback
$70.62

"The history of architecture, as usually written, with its theory of utilitarian origins from the hut and the tumulus,...  Read More >>

Gotterdarstellungen, Kult- Und Weihedarstellungen Aus Carnuntum

Gotterdarstellungen, Kult- Und Weihedarstellungen Aus...

Author: Gabriele Kremer ,  Ute Stipanits
ISBN: 9783700169505
Format: Paperback
$406.56

Der erste Supplementband des Corpus Signorum Imperii Romani Carnuntum behandelt die Gotter-, Kult- und Weihedenkmaler...  Read More >>

Erhabene Bilder: Die Kameen in Der Antikensammlung Berlin

Erhabene Bilder: Die Kameen in Der Antikensammlung Berlin...

Author: Gertrud Platz-Horster ,  Bernhard Platz
ISBN: 9783895009068
Format: Hardback
$308.88

English summary: The cameos in the Department of Antiquities at the State Museums in Berlin originate in the Kunstkammer...  Read More >>

The Iliad

The Iliad

Author: Alex Struik ,  Alexander Pope
ISBN: 9781481263764
Format: Paperback
$60.69

A story that centres on the critical events in four days of the tenth and final year of the war between the Greeks...  Read More >>

Roman Period Oil Lamps in the Holy Land: Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority

Roman Period Oil Lamps in the Holy Land: Collection...

Author: Varda Sussman
ISBN: 9781407310510
Format: Paperback
$284.63

A catalogue and analysis of over 1000 Roman-period oil lamps from the Holy Land within the collection of the Israel...  Read More >>

The Roman Forum

The Roman Forum

Author: David Watkin
ISBN: 9780674066304
Format: Paperback
$84.48

One of the most visited sites in Italy, the Roman Forum is also one of the best-known wonders of the Roman world....  Read More >>

Birth of Western Painting: A History of Colour, Form, and Iconography, The: A History of Colour, Form and Iconography

Birth of Western Painting: A History of Colour, Form,...

Author: Robert Byron ,  David Talbot Rice
ISBN: 9781306218320
Format: Electronic book text
$448.80

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