History of art: ancient & classical art books

3416 books were found.

teamLab: Continuity

teamLab: Continuity

Author: Karin G. Oen ,  Miwako Tezuka
ISBN: 9780939117888
Format: Hardback
$53.00

The digital collective teamLab, founded in Tokyo in 2001 by Toshiyuki Inoko, breaks established boundaries between...  Read More >>

The Ten Books on Architecture

The Ten Books on Architecture

Author: Vitruvius Pollio
ISBN: 9798639385452
Format: Paperback
$29.01

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia: Miniaturization and Cultural Hybridity

Figurines in Hellenistic Babylonia: Miniaturization...

Author: Stephanie M. Langin-Hooper (Southern Methodist University, Texas)
ISBN: 9781108488143
Format: Hardback
$217.32

This volume investigates the impact of Greek art, particularly Hellenistic sculpture motifs and styles on the figurines...  Read More >>

Roman Portable Sundials: The Empire in Your Hand

Roman Portable Sundials: The Empire in Your Hand

Author: Richard J.A. Talbert (Kenan Professor of History, Kenan Professor of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9780197503669
Format: Paperback
$94.95

Talbert investigates miniature sundials which can be adjusted for the owner's whereabouts. They incorporate a list...  Read More >>

Hafenst�dte Im �stlichen Mittelmeerraum Vom Hellenismus Bis in Die R�mische Kaiserzeit: St�dtebau, Funktion Und Wahrnehmung

Hafenst�dte Im �stlichen Mittelmeerraum Vom Hellenismus...

Author: Stefan Feuser
ISBN: 9783110580327
Format: Hardback
$443.49

Durch ihre Lage waren antike Hafenst�dte wichtige Knotenpunkte innerhalb der mittelmeerweiten Kommunikation und...  Read More >>

The Story of Sigiriya

The Story of Sigiriya

Author: Senani Ponnamperuma
ISBN: 9780987345141
Format: Hardback
$116.41

Built in 480AD by King Kasyapa, the history of Sigiriya Sky-Palace is a tale of cruelty, intrigue, grandeur, chivalry...  Read More >>

A Writer's Guide to Ancient Rome

A Writer's Guide to Ancient Rome

Author: Carey Fleiner
ISBN: 9781784993184
Format: Paperback
$49.99

For writers of Roman historical fiction: a basic guide to family life, food & clothing, housing & travel, law &...  Read More >>

Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian: The Ancient Roman Palace at Spalatro in Dalmatia - Modern-day Split, Croatia - Illustrated in the 1760s

Ruins of the Palace of Emperor Diocletian: The Ancient...

Author: Robert Adam
ISBN: 9781789871890
Format: Paperback
$20.65

Emperor Diocletian's palace is a historic marvel - this book and its sketches, published by architect Robert Adam...  Read More >>

The Whole Picture

The Whole Picture

Author: Alice Procter
ISBN: 9781788401562
Format: Paperback
$32.99

If you think art history has to be pale, male and stale - think again.  Read More >>

Master and Man

Master and Man

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN: 9781647990497
Format: Paperback
$28.33

Tolstoy wrote Master and Man from an idea which originated while he was organising food centres in the famine-stricken...  Read More >>

Roman art

Roman art

Author: Franz Wickhoff
ISBN: 9785519702355
Format: Hardback
$77.60

Some of its principles and their application to early Christian painting.With Fourteen Plates and numerous Text...  Read More >>

Ancient Greece: A Captivating Guide to Greek History Starting from the Greek Dark Ages to the End of Antiquity

Ancient Greece: A Captivating Guide to Greek History...

Author: Captivating History
ISBN: 9781647484897
Format: Hardback
$77.60

The culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day people all over...  Read More >>

Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium

Byzantium and the West: Jewelry in the First Millennium...

Author: Jeffrey Spier
ISBN: 9780983854647
Format: Paperback
$132.00

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Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary: History and Heritage

Herculaneum and the House of the Bicentenary: History...

Author: Sarah Court ,  Leslie Rainer
ISBN: 9781606066287
Format: Paperback
$53.95

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Master and Man

Master and Man

Author: Leo Tolstoy
ISBN: 9781647990503
Format: Hardback
$51.62

Tolstoy wrote Master and Man from an idea which originated while he was organising food centres in the famine-stricken...  Read More >>

The Akragas Dialogue: New investigations on sanctuaries in Sicily

The Akragas Dialogue: New investigations on sanctuaries...

Author: Monica De Cesare ,  Elisa Chiara Portale
ISBN: 9783110500271
Format: Hardback
$240.15

Sicily's many ancient sacred sites were places of cultural encounter and were studied using a broad spectrum of...  Read More >>

From Memory to Marble: The historical frieze of the Voortrekker Monument Part I: The Frieze

From Memory to Marble: The historical frieze of the...

Author: Elizabeth Rankin ,  Rolf Michael Schneider
ISBN: 9783110615227
Format: Hardback
$300.21

The book is a rare case study of the dynamics, processes and shifts around the creation and reading of one of the...  Read More >>

Sensing the Past: Detecting the Use of the Five Senses in Ancient Near Eastern Contexts. Proceedings of the Conference Held in Rome, Sapienza University June 4th, 2018

Sensing the Past: Detecting the Use of the Five Senses...

Author: Davide Nadali ,  Frances Pinnock
ISBN: 9783447114110
Format: Paperback
$229.68

The Archaeology of Senses and the Archaeology of Emotions are two most interesting recent trends in the modern studies...  Read More >>

Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from the Ancient World

Orientalism and the Reception of Powerful Women from...

Author: Dr Filippo Carlà-Uhink (Potsdam University, Germany) ,  Anja Wieber (Independent Scholar, Germany)
ISBN: 9781350050105
Format: Hardback
$240.00

Why is Cleopatra, a descendent of Alexander the Great, a Ptolemy from a Greek–Macedonian family, in popular imagination...  Read More >>

Sphingen Und Sirenen Im Archaischen Griechenland: Symbole Der Ambivalenz in Bildszenen Und Tierfriesen

Sphingen Und Sirenen Im Archaischen Griechenland: Symbole...

Author: Stephanie Bohm
ISBN: 9783795435103
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Das Schlusselwort, Ambivalenz' offnet den Zugang zum Verstandnis jener nicht-mythischen Mischwesen, die in der griechischen...  Read More >>

Assyrian Palace Sculptures

Assyrian Palace Sculptures

Author: Paul Collins ,  Lisa Baylis
ISBN: 9781606066485
Format: Hardback
$105.60

Issued on the occasion of the exhibition held at J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa, Malibu, October 2, 2019...  Read More >>

Grosse Statuetten in Medma (Kalabrien): Zur Produktion Und Sakralen Verwendung Von Terrakotten Aus Dem Calderazzo-Depot (Basierend Auf Den Vorarbeiten Von Peter Noelke)

Grosse Statuetten in Medma (Kalabrien): Zur Produktion...

Author: Daphni Doepner
ISBN: 9783447113571
Format: Paperback
$198.00

In dem sogenannten Votivdepot von Calderazzo, einem sakralen Areal der antiken griechischen Kolonie Medma (heute...  Read More >>

Art and Efficacy: Case Studies from Classical Archaeology

Art and Efficacy: Case Studies from Classical Archaeology...

Author: Dietrich Boschung
ISBN: 9783770565627
Format: Paperback
$293.04

Ancient artifacts such as statues, reliefs, and paintings gave tangible form to knowledge and abstract ideas, making...  Read More >>

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