History of art: ancient & classical art books

Originally published in Great Britain by I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd in 2015.  Read More >>

This volume brings together the proceedings of an international and interdisciplinary symposium held at Budapest...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

"THE present universal interest in the subject of historic art and the indications that very soon it will hold equal...  Read More >>

Examines portraits of Rome's Vestal Virgins as artistic documents and political vehicles  Read More >>

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"La pittura murale e uno dei piu consistenti lasciti del mondo antico. Pur attraverso gravi, inevitabili lacune,...  Read More >>

The first general book to present and interpret the numerous images of women in Roman art.  Read More >>

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The comic is crucial to every culture: mocking established values, transcending the boundaries of morals and proprieties,...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

This volume presents a spectrum of current research on ancient surface decoration that offers new avenues of exploration...  Read More >>

Inspired by postmodern and postcolonial critics of the dominant Western canons in the fields of historiography,...  Read More >>

Following on from the 'Mosaics of Fishbourne Roman Palace', Derrick Napier takes the reader on a journey through...  Read More >>

Why have ancient Rome and Greece been so influential?  Read More >>

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"The Epic of Gilgamesh is an epic poem from ancient Mesopotamia. Dating from the Third Dynasty of Ur (circa 2100...  Read More >>

The figure of Saint Francis of Assisi and his perennial message of peace seen through exceptional historical manuscripts....  Read More >>

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Explores the ancient Greeks' apprehension (or lack thereof) of the concept of oblique. The study of written and...  Read More >>

Presents a diachronic investigation providing a rich case study as well as an approach tracing the contours of a...  Read More >>

Offers an integrated contextual analysis of artifacts fashioned from a wide variety of luxury materials. This volume...  Read More >>

The elegists, ancient Rome’s most introspective poets, filled their works with vivid, first-person accounts of dreams....  Read More >>