History of art: ancient & classical art books

Assembled by the father of modern art history, this landmark 1767 publication features more than 200 fine engravings....  Read More >>

Monumental survey explores regional variations, virtues, and faults of city-states, discusses the fine arts, examines...  Read More >>

Mythical animals, florals, rosettes, religious and secular symbols, more.  Read More >>

Clothing styles from prehistory to A.D. 1066 displayed in over 160 illustrations. Draped robes of classical Greece,...  Read More >>

God, Space, and City in the Roman Imagination is a unique exploration of the relationship between the ancient Romans'...  Read More >>

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Experts explore what factors drove the emergence of scale as a defining element in ancient Italian architecture,...  Read More >>

The ancient city of Rome can be understood as an ensemble of monuments, as aspace of actionfor its inhabitants,...  Read More >>

Images are more than just objects to be observed. In all periods they have had a direct influence on the way we...  Read More >>

Two thousand years ago, artworks of astonishing variety were being created in far-flung regions of the world. Although...  Read More >>

This book results from a collaborative effort to reconstruct the 15th-century bc tomb of three foreign wives of...  Read More >>

The aim of this book is twofold: first, to provide beginning students with step-by-step guidance in drawing hieroglyphs;...  Read More >>

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Mummies are not just a phenomenon of ancient egypt, they can also be found in the high mountains and the desert...  Read More >>

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A catalogue of Greek, Roman, and Etruscan objects in the collection of Fordham University, some published for the...  Read More >>

Chinese Jade: The Spiritual and Cultural Significance of Jade in China  Read More >>

A study of Piranesi's presentation of classical Roman architecture, through drawings and etchings  Read More >>

A catalogue of stone vessels from royal tombs or with royal inscriptions for archaeologists of Egypt.  Read More >>

This book provides an introduction to the archaeology and history of ancient Palestine – modern Israel, Jordan and...  Read More >>

The Athenian discovery of the human body and its roles in images from the 8th and 7th centuries BCE furnishes a...  Read More >>

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Thinking about sensory experiences and evaluating human artifacts is an important part of Western European cultural...  Read More >>

This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document...  Read More >>