History of art: ancient & classical art books

Testing the Canon of Ancient Near Eastern Art and Archaeology invites readers to reconsider the contents and agendas...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Die Kirchen der Dunklen Jahrhunderte, der Zeit zwischen Spatantike und Mittelalter, wurden lange Zeit recht stiefmutterlich...  Read More >>

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

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

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

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

A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously...  Read More >>

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