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Hellenistic Art and Architecture

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Regional Schools in Hellenistic Sculpture
edited by Olga Palagia and William Coulson
Essays describing recent research and new discoveries of Hellenistic sculpture, based on papers presented at an international conference at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens in 1996. The contributions include: Hellenistic sculpture at Corinth (Mary Sturgeon); The Lysippan Herakles as Vajrapani in Hadda (Katherine Schwab); Attic sculpture at Kallipolis (Aitolia). A cult group of Demeter and Kore (Petros ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$130.00, Our Price US$19.98


Feinkeramik aus Knidos vom mittleren Hellenismus bis in die mittlere Kaiserzeit (c. 200 v.Chr. bis 150 n.Chr.)
by Patricia Kögler
English summary: During the time of Hellenism and of the Empire, the ancient city of Knidos was one of the most important manufacturing centers of fine tableware in the eastern Mediterranean. To date, Cnidian ceramics have only been partially researched. With the help of around 2,000 artefacts, this volume shows the full range of fine ceramics produced in Knidos, including both undecorated mass-produced and painted or relief-decorated ...
Hardback. Price US$338.00


Shechem IV: The Persian-Hellenistic Pottery of Shechem/Tell Balât'ah
by Nancy L. Lapp
This is the final publication of the Persian and Hellenistic pottery from the American Joint Expedition to Shechem, 1956-1968. Since these were the last periods of occupation of the site, most of the pottery comes from the early seasons, especially 1956, 1957, 1960, and 1962. The later strata were defined by these excavations as Early Persian (Stratum V) and Early Hellenistic to Late Hellenistic (Strata IV-I). This volume presents the complete ...
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$74.95, Our Price US$14.98


Deir el-Bahari in the Hellenistic and Roman Periods: A Study of an Egyptian Temple Based on Greek Sources
by Adam Lajtar
The temple of Queen Hantshepsut at Deir el-Bahari at Luxor is one of the most fascinating architectural monuments of Ancient Egypt. It has been explored and reconstructed by Polish archaeologists for several decades and the present volume is the most recent result of these activities. The author tracks the history of the sanctuary in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods when it housed a lively cult of two Ancient Egyptian "saints", the deified sages ...
Hardback. Price US$143.00


Excavations at Nemea: Volume 2: Early Hellenistic Stadium
Miller, Stephen G
Hardback. Publisher's Price US$125.00, Our Price US$29.98


The Hellenistic Paintings of Marisa
by David Jacobson
The Hellenistic paintings found in a pair of tombs at Marisa/Maresha in Israel were among the most important surviving examples of Hellenistic art to survive into recent times. The unique painted frieze in the main chamber of one of these tombs depicts 22 different wild animals native to Africa, the Levant and Asia, and few mythical beasts that were believed to inhabit lands beyond India. Also among the painted subjects were the triple-headed ...
Hardback. Price US$120.00


Catalogue of Greek Terracottas in the British Museum Volume III
by Lucilla Burn and Reynold Higgins
This sequel to the Archaic and Classical volumes publishes almost 1000 Hellenistic terracottas, each of which is illustrated and described in full. Arranged geographically, most of the Mediterranean is represented, excluding Egypt, southern Italy and Sicily, with each figure presented in the area where it was probably produced. Each regional section is introduced with a discussion of the area's findspots and history and technical data is ...
Hardback. Price US$260.00


Skulptur des Hellenismus
by Bernard Andreae
Die neue grosse Hirmer Monographie bietet eine grundlegende Darstellung und Interpretation hellenistischer Skulptur anhand von markanten Hauptwerken dieser letzten grossen Periode griechischer Kunst.

Das Neue an der hellenistischen Kunst, das in der dreidimensionalen Plastik am deutlichsten hervortritt, ist die Übereinstimmung der Werke mit dem Naturvorbild. Zum ersten Mal gingen Künstler nicht auf die Stilisierung ihrer ...

Hardback. Price US$165.00


Hellenistic Architectural Sculpture: Figural Motifs in Western Anatolia and the Aegean Islands
by Pamela A. Webb
Webb examines the full range of figural embellishment - from simple to complex, on large monuments as well as on obscure ones, and in major population centres as well as smaller cities, sanctuaries and isolated areas throughout the region. More than 130 illustrations of Hellenistic monuments - temples, altars, cult buildings, heroon, theatres, bouleteria, stoas, gymnasia and houses - and their sculptured adornment complement the author's ...
Hardback. Price US$60.00


Hesperia: Proceedings of the International Conference on Greek Architectural Terracottas of the Classical and Hellenistic Periods, December 12-15, 1991
edited by Nancy A Winter
A presentation of the papers from the International Conference on Classical and Hellenistic Architectural Terracottas, held at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens, December 12-15, 1991. While the majority of the papers concentrate on architectural terracottas from the Greek mainland, examples from sites on the Aegean islands, Asia Minor, present-day Albania, Sicily, and Italy are covered as well. xiv + 352 pp, 97 pls (Hesperia ...
Paperback. Publisher's Price US$120.00, Our Price US$19.98

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