History of art: ancient & classical art books

3428 books were found.

The Oxford Handbook of Palmyra

The Oxford Handbook of Palmyra

Author: Rubina Raja (Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, Professor of Classical Art and Archaeology, Aarhus University, Denmark)
ISBN: 9780190858117
Format: Hardback
$263.95

The monumental remains of Palmyra (also known as Tadmor) have fascinated travelers and scholars for centuries. The...  Read More >>

Chav¿n: Perus geheminisvoller Anden-Tempel

Chav¿n: Perus geheminisvoller Anden-Tempel

Author: Peter Fux
ISBN: 9783858813657
Format: Hardback
$264.00

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Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions: Volume III. Inscriptions of the Hettite Empire and New Inscriptions of the Iron Age

Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions: Volume III....

Author: John David Hawkins ,  Mark Weeden
ISBN: 9783110770391
Format: Hardback
$546.45

Luwian and the closely related Hittite are the oldest known languages of the Indo-European group. Luwian is written...  Read More >>

Goethes Gartenhaus

Goethes Gartenhaus

Author: Klassik Stiftung Weimar
ISBN: 9783422800960
Format: Paperback
$33.64

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Greek Sculpture

Greek Sculpture

Author: Edmund Von Mach
ISBN: 9781783104734
Format: Hardback
$52.67

If the Soul is Christian, Beauty is Greek. Freud defines aesthetics as the intellectual construction of personal...  Read More >>

The Sound of the English Picturesque: Georgian Vocal Music, Haydn, and Landscape Aesthetics

The Sound of the English Picturesque: Georgian Vocal...

Author: Stephen Groves
ISBN: 9781032275703
Format: Hardback
$273.00

Revealing the connections between the veneration of national landscape and eighteenth-century English vocal music,...  Read More >>

Malayan Classicism: From the Architecture of Empire to Asian Vernacular

Malayan Classicism: From the Architecture of Empire...

Author: Soon-Tzu Speechley (University of Melbourne, Australia)
ISBN: 9781350360341
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Through a broad range of case studies spanning from imperial monuments to rural residences, Malayan Classicism puts...  Read More >>

Fragmentary Modernism: The Classical Fragment in Literary and Visual Cultures, c.1896 - c.1936

Fragmentary Modernism: The Classical Fragment in Literary...

Author: Nora Goldschmidt (Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Professor of Classics and Ancient History, Durham University)
ISBN: 9780192863409
Format: Hardback
$161.95

Fragmentary Modernism has been called the 'apotheosis of the fragment' in the art and writing of modernism. Modernism...  Read More >>

The Weapons of Rhetoric: a guide for musicians and audiences

The Weapons of Rhetoric: a guide for musicians and audiences...

Author: Judy Tarling
ISBN: 9780993281037
Format: Paperback
$132.00

This book strikes at the heart of musical performance with a study of the relationship between music and rhetoric...  Read More >>

The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Buddhist Paintings of India

The Ajanta Caves: Ancient Buddhist Paintings of India...

Author: Benoy K. Behl ,  William Dalrymple
ISBN: 9780500296691
Format: Paperback
$60.00

A revised edition of a classic title, now with digitally restored photographs, showcasing the finest surviving examples...  Read More >>

Egypt: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization

Egypt: History and Treasures of an Ancient Civilization...

Author: Giorgio Ferrero
ISBN: 9788854416161
Format: Paperback
$57.99

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Schoenberg: Why He Matters

Schoenberg: Why He Matters

Author: Harvey Sachs (Curtis Institute of Music)
ISBN: 9781631497575
Format: Hardback
$49.95

An astonishingly lyrical biography that rescues Schoenberg from notoriety, restoring him to his rightful place in...  Read More >>

Hephaistus on the Athenian Acropolis: Current Approaches to the Study of Artifacts Made of Bronze and Other Metals

Hephaistus on the Athenian Acropolis: Current Approaches...

Author: Nassos Papalexandrou ,  Amy Sowder Koch
ISBN: 9781931909440
Format: Paperback
$52.67

This volume discusses the Acropolis bronzes. The introduction reflects on the history of the relevant scholarship...  Read More >>

The Color of Dance: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion in the World of Ballet

The Color of Dance: A Celebration of Diversity and Inclusion...

Author: TaKiyah Wallace-McMillian
ISBN: 9780762479559
Format: Hardback
$49.99

From the photographer behind the Instagram sensation Brown Girls Do Ballet, this stunning coffee-table book showcases...  Read More >>

Modern Etruscans: Close Encounters with a Distant Past

Modern Etruscans: Close Encounters with a Distant Past...

Author: Chiara Zampieri ,  Martina Piperno
ISBN: 9789462703797
Format: Paperback
$75.04

New insights on the reception of Etruscan antiquity in the modernist period.  Read More >>

Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture

Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture

Author: Giovanni Colzani ,  Clemente Marconi
ISBN: 9783110740790
Format: Hardback
$364.29

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Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe: The World's First Megaliths

Göbekli Tepe and Karahan Tepe: The World's First Megaliths...

Author: Hugh Newman
ISBN: 9781907155543
Format: Paperback
$17.98

The Essential Pocket Guide.  Read More >>

Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia

Color and Meaning in the Art of Achaemenid Persia

Author: Alexander Nagel (Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC)
ISBN: 9781009361293
Format: Hardback
$219.94

This book explores the use of polychromy in the art and architecture of ancient Iran. Focusing on Persepolis, he...  Read More >>

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern

Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World...

Author: Mary Beard
ISBN: 9780691225876
Format: Paperback
$39.99

What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians...  Read More >>

NYC Ballet Fashion Gala

NYC Ballet Fashion Gala

Author: Marc Happel ,  Pari Dukovic
ISBN: 9780847873203
Format: Hardback
$140.00

Celebrating the dual art forms of ballet and fashion, this beautiful book explores the creative collaborations between...  Read More >>

The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the Pharaohs

The Great Book of Ancient Egypt: In the Realm of the...

Author: Zahi Hawass
ISBN: 9788854413450
Format: Hardback
$89.99

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