Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9783777442419
Published by : Hirmer Verlag GmbH
Series: Athenaia
Volume: 2
English summary: Concerning research into the culture of the island of Crete, the Bronze Age phase of development has clearly stood in the foreground until recent times. At first gradually one was aware that the other periods were as import... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805344791
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: Zaberns Bildbände zur Archäologie
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ISBN: 9780714122717
Published by : British Museum Press
The Discobolus or discus-thrower is a marvellous classical piece of sculpture that over time has come to mean different things to different people. Originally cast in bronze by the fifth-century BC sculptor Myron, the composition portraying an ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781621390107
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: ANCIENT ART & ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT
Volume: 3
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the façade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783805341936
Published by : Philipp von Zabern
Series: Schriften und Nachlass
Die Monumenti antichi inediti sind das zweite Hauptwerk Winckelmanns. Als vermeintlich bloá antiquarisch und gelehrt, standen sie lange Zeit im Schatten der beruehmteren Geschichte der Kunst des Alterthums. Ihre Publikation und Kommentierung im... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780861591879
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd.
Series: British Museum Research Publication
Volume: 187
The individual contributors to these papers tell the story of the dedicated and detailed efforts to understand the work of previous generations on the Acropolis and then to restore the buildings as nearly as possible to their original architect... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307794
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Alexander the Greats campaigns in the East brought the Greek and Eastern worlds in closer contact than was possible in previous centuries. While Greeks and non-Greeks had lived alongside each other for centuries before Alexanders conquest of th... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407307848
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book offers an overview of the whole period from the first evidence of the Roman rediscovery of figured vases until the end of the 20th century. It looks at how figured vases were received in each successive period and how this determined ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407308197
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The painters of Sicyon were rulers in their artistic creation that allowed them to combine their natural talent for painting with a scientific method. The main objective of this book is to place Sicyon at the centre of an aesthetic conflict be... .... Learn More