History of art: ancient & classical art books

3426 books were found.

Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture

Greek and Roman Small Size Sculpture

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

This volume argues that it would be a major misunderstanding to think of small sculptures as nothing more than a...  Read More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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

In this superbly illustrated volume, distinguished Egyptologist Zahi Hawass guides you through the architectural...  Read More >>

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: The Mechanics of Life

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: The Mechanics of Life...

Author: Dominique Le Nen ,  Pascal Brioist
ISBN: 9782370742148
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy: all the power and relevance of this great Renaissance mind. This exhibition catalogue...  Read More >>

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Author: Rochelle Zide-Booth
ISBN: 9781916852181
Format: Hardback
$55.41

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The Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art

The Woman and the Dragon in Premodern Art

Author: Sharon Khalifa-Gueta
ISBN: 9789463723572
Format: Hardback
$419.76

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Shaping Roman Landscape: Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture and Decoration in Early Imperial Italy

Shaping Roman Landscape: Ecocritical Approaches to Architecture...

Author: Mantha Zarmakoupi
ISBN: 9781606068489
Format: Hardback
$113.95

A groundbreaking ecocritical study that examines how ideas about the natural and built environment informed architectural...  Read More >>

Explanations in Iconography: Ancient American Indian Art, Symbol, and Meaning

Explanations in Iconography: Ancient American Indian...

Author: Carol Diaz-Granados
ISBN: 9798888570425
Format: Paperback
$130.00

Explores the rich, enticing field of American Indian iconography, looking at a wide variety of artefacts and traditions...  Read More >>

Heroes: Principles of African Greatness

Heroes: Principles of African Greatness

Author: Kevin D. Dumouchelle
ISBN: 9783777438825
Format: Hardback
$59.99

"Heroes: Principles of African Greatness is a multi-layered project that relays the stories of the key heroic principles...  Read More >>

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Have Tutu, Will Travel: The Dancing Years

Author: Rochelle Zide-Booth
ISBN: 9781088227732
Format: Paperback
$36.93

Rochelle Zide-Booth joined the fabled Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo on her 16th birthday and quickly rose to the rank...  Read More >>

The Temple of Apollo 'in Circo': And the Creation of an Augustan Architectural Language

The Temple of Apollo 'in Circo': And the Creation of...

Author: Alessandro Viscogliosi
ISBN: 9788891324221
Format: Hardback
$726.00

This book draws together the results of a series of preliminary investigations based on the excavations and the...  Read More >>

Six Sonatas For The Harpsichord With Accompanyments For Two Violins & A Violoncello, Opera Settima...

Six Sonatas For The Harpsichord With Accompanyments...

Author: Charles Avison
ISBN: 9781021871916
Format: Paperback
$42.11

"In this elegant musical work, the celebrated English composer Charles Avison creates a series of intricate and...  Read More >>

Lettres Sur La Danse, Sur Les Ballets Et Les Arts, Volume 4...

Lettres Sur La Danse, Sur Les Ballets Et Les Arts, Volume...

Author: Jean Georges Noverre
ISBN: 9781022633520
Format: Paperback
$60.59

"Dans ces lettres, Noverre, un danseur et un chorégraphe célèbre du XVIIIe siècle, explore les arts chorégraphiques...  Read More >>

Lettres Sur La Danse, Sur Les Ballets Et Les Arts, Volume 4...

Lettres Sur La Danse, Sur Les Ballets Et Les Arts, Volume...

Author: Jean Georges Noverre
ISBN: 9781020530104
Format: Hardback
$89.63

"Dans ces lettres, Noverre, un danseur et un chorégraphe célèbre du XVIIIe siècle, explore les arts chorégraphiques...  Read More >>

Six Sonatas For The Harpsichord With Accompanyments For Two Violins & A Violoncello, Opera Settima...

Six Sonatas For The Harpsichord With Accompanyments...

Author: Charles Avison
ISBN: 9781019714683
Format: Hardback
$79.07

"In this elegant musical work, the celebrated English composer Charles Avison creates a series of intricate and...  Read More >>

Music of the Renaissance: Imagination and Reality of a Cultural Practice

Music of the Renaissance: Imagination and Reality of...

Author: Laurenz Lütteken ,  Galina Potapova
ISBN: 9798887192925
Format: Hardback
$54.99

Where previous accounts of the Renaissance have not fully acknowledged the role that music played in this decisive...  Read More >>

Life and Afterlife in Ancient China

Life and Afterlife in Ancient China

Author: Jessica Rawson
ISBN: 9780241472705
Format: Hardback
$85.00

An epic new history of Ancient China told through the prism of a dozen extraordinary tombs. The three millennia...  Read More >>

The Greek Vase: Art of the storyteller

The Greek Vase: Art of the storyteller

Author: John H. Oakley
ISBN: 9780714122953
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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The Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination

The Smells and Senses of Antiquity in the Modern Imagination...

Author: Dr Adeline Grand-Clément (University of Toulouse 2, France) ,  Dr Charlotte Ribeyrol (Sorbonne University, France)
ISBN: 9781350251632
Format: Paperback
$59.99

This volume tackles the role of smell, under-explored in relation to the other senses, in the modern rejection,...  Read More >>

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