History of art: ancient & classical art books

3390 books were found.

Potaissa: L'Arte Romana in Una Citta Della Dacia

Potaissa: L'Arte Romana in Una Citta Della Dacia

Author: Mihai Barbulescu
ISBN: 9788891311146
Format: Paperback
$823.68

Potaissa e stata - tra la fine del secolo II e la seconda meta del secolo successivo, all' incirca - una delle piu...  Read More >>

The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae Iliacae

The Iliad in a Nutshell: Visualizing Epic on the Tabulae...

Author: Michael Squire (, King's College London)
ISBN: 9780198754138
Format: Paperback
$111.95

A new, illustrated study of the Iliac tablets, a group of objects inscribed in miniature with epic episodes. Like...  Read More >>

Ancient Egypt: An Adult Colouring Book

Ancient Egypt: An Adult Colouring Book

Author: John Robert Travis ,  Hilary Travis
ISBN: 9781539493723
Format: Paperback
$23.73

Ancient Egypt captures the imagination like few other historical places or periods. Its art and buildings decorated...  Read More >>

La Fondation Hardt

La Fondation Hardt

Author: Nicolas Gex
ISBN: 9782600047326
Format: Hardback
$211.20

The present volume offers a history of the Hardt Foundation, established by the German baron, Kurd von Hardt, in...  Read More >>

Das Sankt Petersburger Manuskript Der Gedancken Uber Die Nachahmung Der Griechischen Wercke in Der Mahlerey Und Bildhauer-Kunst: Faksimiles, Texte Und Dokumente

Das Sankt Petersburger Manuskript Der Gedancken Uber...

Author: Max Kunze
ISBN: 9783447106948
Format: Hardback
$102.96

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Theater outside Athens: Drama in Greek Sicily and South Italy

Theater outside Athens: Drama in Greek Sicily and South...

Author: Kathryn Bosher (Northwestern University, Illinois)
ISBN: 9781107527508
Format: Paperback
$80.19

The first collection of essays on the development of Greek theater in ancient Sicily and South Italy, written by...  Read More >>

Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain: es on the Imperial Monuments at Mérida and Tarragona

Precinct, Temple and Altar in Roman Spain: es on the...

Author: Duncan Fishwick
ISBN: 9781472412652
Format: Hardback
$305.00

The studies included in this volume focus on the monuments of two cities in Roman Spain, Emerita (now Merida) and...  Read More >>

Classic Greek Masterpeices of Sculpture

Classic Greek Masterpeices of Sculpture

Author: Photini Zaphiropoulou ,  Stelios Lydakis
ISBN: 9781419722295
Format: Hardback
$56.90

A dynamic exploration of Greek sculpture from the world's finest museum collections  Read More >>

Wonders of the World: 5 Models to Build & Display

Wonders of the World: 5 Models to Build & Display

Author: Keith Finch
ISBN: 9780785833963
Format: Hardback
$65.97

The Wonders of the World collects the world's most renowned works of infrastructure and makes you the architect....  Read More >>

Genesis Characters and Events in Ancient Greek Art

Genesis Characters and Events in Ancient Greek Art

Author: Robert Bowie Johnson, Jr
ISBN: 9781539103615
Format: Paperback
$76.56

The hallmark of a healthy humanity is a genuine connection to the truth of our historical identity. History, simply...  Read More >>

Our Dogs, Our Selves: Dogs in Medieval and Early Modern Art, Literature, and Society

Our Dogs, Our Selves: Dogs in Medieval and Early Modern...

Author: Laura D. Gelfand
ISBN: 9789004269163
Format: Hardback
$615.12

This volume brings together fifteen essays that examine the appearance, meaning, and significance of dogs in painting,...  Read More >>

Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art

Author: Brian A Brown ,  Marian H Feldman
ISBN: 9781501513039
Format: Paperback
$147.84

Critical Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Art concentrates on the visual, material, and built aspects of the Ancient...  Read More >>

The Olmec Code

The Olmec Code

Author: Flavio Davito
ISBN: 9781537767673
Format: Paperback
$41.58

From the Greek myths including the greatest stories ever told such as, the Odyssey and the Iliad emerged with great...  Read More >>

Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire

Theater and Spectacle in the Art of the Roman Empire...

Author: Katherine M. D. Dunbabin
ISBN: 9780801456886
Format: Paperback
$111.26

Theater, spectacle, and performance played significant roles in the political and social structure of the Roman...  Read More >>

Greek Art

Greek Art

Author: John Boardman
ISBN: 9780500204337
Format: Paperback
$27.99

We now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked...  Read More >>

The Serpent Column: A Cultural Biography

The Serpent Column: A Cultural Biography

Author: Paul Stephenson (Professor of History and Head, Professor of History and Head, School of History and Heritage, University of Lincoln)
ISBN: 9780190209063
Format: Hardback
$275.00

Paul Stephenson twists together multiple strands to relate the cultural biography of a unique monument, the Serpent...  Read More >>

Ancient Mythological Images and their Interpretation: An Introduction to Iconology, Semiotics and Image Studies in Classical Art History

Ancient Mythological Images and their Interpretation:...

Author: Katharina Lorenz (Associate Professor in Classical Studies, University of Nottingham)
ISBN: 9780521195089
Format: Hardback
$201.80

This book provides an accessible and thorough account of important theoretical approaches to the study of Greek...  Read More >>

Birth Tusks: The Armoury of Health in Context - Egypt 1800 BC: The Armoury of Health in Context - Egypt 1800 BC

Birth Tusks: The Armoury of Health in Context - Egypt...

Author: Stephen Quirke
ISBN: 9781906137496
Format: Hardback
$396.00

One highly distinctive ancient Egyptian product is the hippopotamus tusk section, incised with series of divine...  Read More >>

Georg Steindorff Und Die Deutsche Ägyptologie Im 20. Jahrhundert: Wissenshintergründe Und Forschungstransfers

Georg Steindorff Und Die Deutsche Ägyptologie Im 20....

Author: Susanne Voss ,  Dietrich Raue
ISBN: 9783110467512
Format: Hardback
$739.20

Nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg wurde in der deutschen Ägyptologie das Bild von der wertfreien Wissenschaft etabliert,...  Read More >>

Nefertiti’s Sun Temple (2 vols.): A New Cult Complex at Tell el-Amarna

Nefertiti’s Sun Temple (2 vols.): A New Cult Complex...

Author: Jacquelyn Williamson
ISBN: 9789004325524
Format: Hardback
$670.56

In Nefertiti’s Sun Temple Jacquelyn Williamson reconstructs art and inscriptions from the ancient city at Tell el-Amarna...  Read More >>

Dining and Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the 'Funerary Banquet' in Ancient Art, Burial and Belief

Dining and Death: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on...

Author: M. Stamatopoulou ,  M. Stamatopoulou
ISBN: 9789042932517
Format: Hardback
$364.32

This book brings together papers covering a wide range of regions and periods, from Italy to China, and...  Read More >>

Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman Art, Literature and Religion

Facing the Gods: Epiphany and Representation in Graeco-Roman...

Author: Verity Platt (Associate Professor of Classics and History of Art , Cornell University, New York)
ISBN: 9781316619193
Format: Paperback
$90.54

This book explores divine manifestations and their representations not only in art, but also in literature, histories...  Read More >>

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Architecture: Gothic and Renaissance

Author: T Roger Smith
ISBN: 9781537265346
Format: Paperback
$34.19

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of...  Read More >>

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