History of art: ancient & classical art books

3390 books were found.

Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250

Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250

Author: John Clarke (Physics Department University of California Berkeley USA) ,  Michael Larvey
ISBN: 9781626548800
Format: Paperback
$61.97

"Who could do what&#8212to whom&#8212and why? What were the rules of sexual engagement? Why did the ancient Romans...  Read More >>

The Secret Proportions of the Parthenon

The Secret Proportions of the Parthenon

Author: Krisztina Takacs Floreano
ISBN: 9781505335453
Format: Paperback
$42.24

Throughout its history, the Parthenon always attracted a great interest both in antiquity and in modern times, thanks...  Read More >>

Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250

Roman Sex: 100 B.C. to A.D. 250

Author: John Clarke (Physics Department University of California Berkeley USA) ,  Michael Larvey
ISBN: 9781626540170
Format: Hardback
$77.50

"Who could do what&#8212to whom&#8212and why? What were the rules of sexual engagement? Why did the ancient Romans...  Read More >>

Communities of Style: Portable Luxury Arts, Identity, and Collective Memory in the Iron Age Levant

Communities of Style: Portable Luxury Arts, Identity,...

Author: Marian H. Feldman
ISBN: 9780226105611
Format: Hardback
$124.95

Examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600...  Read More >>

La Pittura Di Ercolano

La Pittura Di Ercolano

Author: Domenico Esposito (Mathematica Policy Research, USA)
ISBN: 9788891306746
Format: Paperback
$1298.88

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Pen, Stylus, and Chisel: An Ancient Egypt Sourcebook

Pen, Stylus, and Chisel: An Ancient Egypt Sourcebook...

Author: David Miano
ISBN: 9781631890062
Format: Paperback
$157.30

Provides an understanding the world of the ancient Egyptians by introducing primary sources that cover a broader...  Read More >>

Katalog Der Roemischen Portrats in Den Capitolinischen Museen Und Den Anderen Kommunalen Sammlungen Der Stadt Rom. Band IV: Kinderbildnisse. Nachtrage Zu Band I-III. Neuzeitliche Oder Neuzeitlich Verfalschte Bildnisse. Bildnisse an Reliefdenkmalern

Katalog Der Roemischen Portrats in Den Capitolinischen...

Author: Klaus Fittschen ,  Paul Zanker
ISBN: 9783110353624
Format: Hardback
$591.36

Band IV des 1983 begonnenen Katalogwerkes enthalt im ersten Teil 60 Kinderportrats aus der Zeit vom Anfang des 1....  Read More >>

Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past: Sculpture from the Buddhist Stupas of Andhra Pradesh

Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past: Sculpture from the...

Author: Catherine Becker (Assistant Professor of Art History, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL)
ISBN: 9780199359400
Format: Paperback
$87.95

In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second...  Read More >>

Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction

Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short...

Author: Christina Riggs (Senior Lecturer, School of Art History and World Art Studies, University of East Anglia)
ISBN: 9780199682782
Format: Paperback
$21.95

In this Very Short Introduction Christina Riggs explores the visual arts produced in Egypt over a span of some 4,000...  Read More >>

Instigators of the Apocalypse: How Those with False Interpretations of the Book of Revelation Influenced Wars and Revolutions in the History of Western Civilization

Instigators of the Apocalypse: How Those with False...

Author: Kevin Timothy O'Kane
ISBN: 9780990893622
Format: Paperback
$39.47

The Instigators of the Apocalypse takes the reader on a journey through the history of Christian eschatology and...  Read More >>

The Body Clock Guide: Using Traditional Chinese Medicine for Prevention and Healthcare

The Body Clock Guide: Using Traditional Chinese Medicine...

Author: Zhang Jiaofei ,  Wang Jing
ISBN: 9781602201200
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Essential concepts of Chinese painting, from figures and landscapes to flowers and insects  Read More >>

Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire

Roman in the Provinces: Art on the Periphery of Empire...

Author: Lisa R. Brody ,  Gail L. Hoffman
ISBN: 9781892850225
Format: Paperback
$132.00

Accompanying an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, this...  Read More >>

Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience from Classical Greece to Byzantium

Architecture of the Sacred: Space, Ritual, and Experience...

Author: Bonna D. Wescoat (Emory University, Atlanta) ,  Robert G. Ousterhout (University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781107429000
Format: Paperback
$95.71

This book explores the way space, place, architecture, memory and ritual interact to construct sacred experience...  Read More >>

Art in the Hellenistic World: An Introduction

Art in the Hellenistic World: An Introduction

Author: Andrew Stewart (University of California, Berkeley)
ISBN: 9781107625921
Format: Paperback
$95.71

This textbook offers a new thematic, contextualized, and richly illustrated approach to Hellenistic art for advanced...  Read More >>

The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of the World's Most Iconic Building and the People Who Made It

The Parthenon Enigma: A New Understanding of the World's...

Author: Joan Breton Connelly
ISBN: 9780307476593
Format: Paperback
$68.64

"""A revolutionary new understanding of the West's most iconic building and the people who made it""--Jacket."  Read More >>

Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture

Art and Rhetoric in Roman Culture

Author: Jaś Elsner (Corpus Christi College, Oxford) ,  Michel Meyer (Université Libre de Bruxelles)
ISBN: 9781107000711
Format: Hardback
$310.50

Rhetoric was fundamental to education and to cultural aspiration in the Greek and Roman worlds. This collection...  Read More >>

Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past: Sculpture from the Buddhist Stupas of Andhra Pradesh

Shifting Stones, Shaping the Past: Sculpture from the...

Author: Catherine Becker (Assistant Professor of Art History, Assistant Professor of Art History, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL)
ISBN: 9780199359394
Format: Hardback
$228.95

In a wide-ranging exploration of the creation and use of Buddhist art in Andhra Pradesh, India, from the second...  Read More >>

Essays on Art

Essays on Art

Author: A (Arthur) Clutton-Brock
ISBN: 9781503051331
Format: Paperback
$21.09

These essays, reprinted from the Times Literary Supplement with a few additions and corrections, are not all entirely...  Read More >>

Acropolis (English language edition): Visiting its Museum and its Monuments

Acropolis (English language edition): Visiting its Museum...

Author: Panos Valavanis ,  Valavanis Panos
ISBN: 9789606878749
Format: Paperback
$23.29

Designed to be a useful travel companion. Descriptions and interpretation show the monuments of Athens in a different...  Read More >>

Artifacts from Ancient Rome

Artifacts from Ancient Rome

Author: James B. Tschen-Emmons, Ph.D.
ISBN: 9781610696197
Format: Hardback
$160.00

When Roman objects and artifacts are properly analyzed, they serve as valuable primary sources for learning about...  Read More >>

Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture in the Greek World

Structure, Image, Ornament: Architectural Sculpture...

Author: Peter Schultz ,  Ralf Von den Hoff
ISBN: 9781782977391
Format: Paperback
$98.32

This volume presents the proceedings of a conference hosted by the American School of Classical Studies, Athens...  Read More >>

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