History of art: ancient & classical art books

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Greek Painted Pottery

Greek Painted Pottery

Author: R M Cook **Decd** ,  R. M. Cook
ISBN: 9780415138598
Format: Hardback
$280.00

This is the third edition of this classic text, which has been extensively revised and includes a fully updated...  Read More >>

Dionysian Imagery in Fifth-Century Athens

Dionysian Imagery in Fifth-Century Athens

Author: Thomas H. Carpenter (Professor of Art History, Professor of Art History, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
ISBN: 9780198150381
Format: Hardback
$279.95

A study of Dionysian imagery found primarily in scenes on red-figure vases of the fifth-century BC but also in the...  Read More >>

Chief Of Seers

Chief Of Seers

Author: Elizabeth Goring ,  Nicholas Reeves
ISBN: 9780710304490
Format: Hardback
$462.00

A collection of essays on aspects of Egyptian art by leading specialists in memory of Cyril Aldred (1914-1991),...  Read More >>

Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture

Ancestor Masks and Aristocratic Power in Roman Culture...

Author: Harriet I. Flower (Assistant Professor of Classics, Assistant Professor of Classics, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9780198150183
Format: Hardback
$253.95

An study of wax masks used in the commemoration of politically prominent family members by the elite society of...  Read More >>

Vitruvius 'Ten Books of Architecture': A New English Translation with Commentary and Illustrations

Vitruvius 'Ten Books of Architecture': A New English...

Author: Ingrid Rowland ,  Thomas Howe
ISBN: 9780521553100
Format: Hardback
$198.00

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Greek Art

Greek Art

Author: John Boardman
ISBN: 9780500202920
Format: Paperback
$57.95

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The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient

The Art and Architecture of the Ancient Orient

Author: Henri Frankfort
ISBN: 9780300064704
Format: Paperback
$105.60

Traces the development of Mesopotamian art from Sumerian times to the late Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods....  Read More >>

Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands

Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs...

Author: Pamela A. Webb ,  Barbara Hughes Fowler
ISBN: 9780299149802
Format: Hardback
$158.40

Focusing specifically on the figural adornment of Hellenistic architecture, this study provides extensive information...  Read More >>

Celtic Art

Celtic Art

Author: Ian Stead
ISBN: 9780714121178
Format: Paperback
$24.95

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Complete Valley of the Kings

Complete Valley of the Kings

Author: N Reeves ,  Richard H. Wilkinson
ISBN: 9780500050804
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This account of the Valley of the Kings brings together its art, archaelogy and history arranged thematically....  Read More >>

Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction

Celtic Art: The Methods of Construction

Author: George Bain
ISBN: 9780094769007
Format: Paperback
$39.99

The Pictish School of Celtic art from pagan symbols to monumental sculptures, thoroughly covered and illustrated....  Read More >>

Fruitful Sites

Fruitful Sites

Author: Craig Clunas
ISBN: 9780822317951
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Gardens are sites that can be at one and the same time admired works of art and valuable pieces of real estate....  Read More >>

Egyptian Studies: Varia Nova

Egyptian Studies: Varia Nova

Author: Henry George Fischer
ISBN: 9780300085976
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Fourteen articles in a wide range of subjects, featuring a discussion of the various forms of sixteen different...  Read More >>

Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient & Tribal Art

Patterns That Connect: Social Symbolism in Ancient &...

Author: Carl Schuster ,  Edmund Carpenter
ISBN: 9780810963269
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Having gathered evidence for more than 30 years, the American art historian Carl Schuster (1904-1969) discovered...  Read More >>

Art Of Ancient Egypt: Masterpieces from the Brooklyn Museum

Art Of Ancient Egypt: Masterpieces from the Brooklyn...

Author: The Brooklyn Museum
ISBN: 9781565840065
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Drawing on the acclaimed holdings of Egyptian antiquities in the Brooklyn Museum, this work covers more than 4000...  Read More >>

A Guide to the Tomb and Shrine Art of the Han Dynasty 206 B.C.-A.D.220

A Guide to the Tomb and Shrine Art of the Han Dynasty...

Author: Jean M. James
ISBN: 9780773487727
Format: Hardback
$290.27

This study of the function, meaning and use of pictorial art in the funerary context during the Han dynasty refers...  Read More >>

The Parthenon and its Impact in Modern Times

The Parthenon and its Impact in Modern Times

Author: Panayotis Tournikiotis
ISBN: 9780810963146
Format: Hardback
$198.00

This volume brings together 11 essays by scholars and writers each offering a different perspective on this cultural...  Read More >>

Artful Crafts

Artful Crafts

Author: Michael Vickers ,  David Gill
ISBN: 9780198150701
Format: Paperback
$80.00

This book challenges the view that Greek pottery vases were objects of great value in antiquity, commissioned by...  Read More >>

The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery

The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery

Author: Brian A. Sparkes
ISBN: 9780415126618
Format: Paperback
$64.00

The Red and the Black covers the history of Greek pottery production, both figured and plain, as they are understood...  Read More >>

The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery

The Red and the Black: Studies in Greek Pottery

Author: Brian A. Sparkes
ISBN: 9780415126601
Format: Hardback
$210.00

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Der Jenaer Maler: Eine Topferwerkstatt Im Klassischen Athen

Der Jenaer Maler: Eine Topferwerkstatt Im Klassischen...

Author: Angelika Geyer ,  Angelika Geyer
ISBN: 9783882268645
Format: Hardback
$95.04

Catalogue and descriptive essays of the work of the Jena painter, set in the context of fifth-century Athens and...  Read More >>

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