History of art: ancient & classical art books

3243 books were found.

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 >>

Human Figuration and Fragmentation in Preclassic Mesoamerica: From Figurines to Sculpture

Human Figuration and Fragmentation in Preclassic Mesoamerica:...

Author: Julia Guernsey (University of Texas, Austin)
ISBN: 9781108478991
Format: Hardback
$243.23

The arguments assembled in this book have ramifications not only for scholars working in Mesoamerica but anyone...  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 >>

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 >>

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

This volume provides a striking account of the life, destruction, rediscovery, and cultural significance of the...  Read More >>

Die Fruhhellenistische Nekropole Von Alexandria-Shatby

Die Fruhhellenistische Nekropole Von Alexandria-Shatby...

Author: Christoph Rummel ,  Stefan Schmidt
ISBN: 9783954903955
Format: Hardback
$274.56

After its foundation by Alexander the Great, Alexandria quickly grew into a large city of a new type. People of...  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 >>

Transforming Sacred Spaces: New Approaches to Byzantine Ecclesiastical Architecture from the Transitional Period

Transforming Sacred Spaces: New Approaches to Byzantine...

Author: Sabine Feist
ISBN: 9783954904198
Format: Hardback
$388.08

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Assyrian Palace Sculptures

Assyrian Palace Sculptures

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

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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 >>

Reproduktion Und Bild: Zur Wiederholung Und Vervielfaltigung Von Reliefs in Romischer Zeit

Reproduktion Und Bild: Zur Wiederholung Und Vervielfaltigung...

Author: Arne Reinhardt
ISBN: 9783954904402
Format: Hardback
$435.60

English summary: The (re-)production of Roman imagery as a phenomenon of ancient cultural history is at the heart...  Read More >>

Art & Archaeology of the Roman World

Art & Archaeology of the Roman World

Author: Mark D. Fullerton
ISBN: 9780500051931
Format: Hardback
$100.00

A new history of Roman art and archaeology, from its very beginnings in Etruscan art to the adoption of Christianity....  Read More >>

Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity: The Significance of Form in Narratives and Pictures

Aesthetic Experiences and Classical Antiquity: The Significance...

Author: Jonas Grethlein (Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg, Germany)
ISBN: 9781316642573
Format: Paperback
$82.80

This study proposes a new dialogue between the fields of Classics and aesthetics. It uses ancient narratives and...  Read More >>

Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Edward Poynter and Edwin Long

Painting Antiquity: Ancient Egypt in the Art of Lawrence...

Author: Stephanie Moser
ISBN: 9780190697020
Format: Hardback
$275.00

Painting Antiquity explores the archaeological dimension of the works of these three artists: in doing so, it addresses...  Read More >>

Chang Dai-chien: Painting from Heart to Hand

Chang Dai-chien: Painting from Heart to Hand

Author: Mark Dean Johnson ,  Fan Jeremy Zhang
ISBN: 9780939117871
Format: Paperback
$36.30

Chang Dai-chien, one of the most celebrated Chinese painters of the twentieth century, is renowned for his stylistic...  Read More >>

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum

Author: Faya Causey
ISBN: 9781606066348
Format: Paperback
$145.95

A comprehensive overview of ancient ambers, the only such book in English, is now revised.  Read More >>

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