Classical Art
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Discobolus [Paperback]
Ian Jenkins (Author)
$10.00ISBN: 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 -
Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta [Paperback]
Keith Sciberras (Author)
$37.50ISBN: 9789993273967
Published by : Midsea Books
This book, now in its second revised edition, studies the mechanics of patronage of Roman Baroque sculpture produced for the Knights of the Order of St John and discusses the extent of such patronage together with the artistic and historical im... .... Learn More -
Schriften und Nachlass / Monumenti antichi inediti spiegati ed illustrati. Roma 1767 [Hardback]
Borbein (Editor); Kunze (Editor); Rugler (Editor)
$123.00ISBN: 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 -
A History of the Study of South Italian Black- and Red-Figure Pottery [Paperback]
Ronald Higginson (Author)
$87.50Out of stock
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 -
La Escuela de Pintura de Sicion y su Fortuna Critica [Paperback]
Jorge Tomas Garcia (Author)
$92.50Out of stock
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 -
Marine Craft in Ancient Mosaics of the Levant [Paperback]
Eva Grossmann (Author)
$82.50Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407308166
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This book presents an outline history of ancient sites associated with floor mosaics depicting marine vessels in the widely defined Eastern Mediterranean stretching from southern Turkey to Egypt. A total of 38 individual examples of marine and ... .... Learn More -
The Aryballos as an Example: The Corinthian Aryballos as a Mirror of the Artistic Connections Between East and West in the 8th to the 6th Centuries BC - an Artistic Anaylis [Paperback]
Amnon Dvir (Author)
$57.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9781407308982
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
The Corinthian Aryballos, a perfume vessel, is the subject of this book and the author examines the place of the vessel within the cultural system of ties between East and West. Through an exhaustive artistic analysis of the vessel and all its ... .... Learn More -
Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain [Hardback]
D.F. Mackreth (Author)
$140.00ISBN: 9781842174111
Published by : Oxbow Books
The result of forty years of study, this book offers an overview of the most common find, after coins,
on sites in Roman Britain, the brooch. Used basically to hold outer clothing together, it was always on view and was usually decorative.... .... Learn More -
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Deliciae Fictiles IV: Architectural Terracottas in Ancient Italy. Images of Gods, Monsters and Heroes [Hardback]
Patricia S. Lulof (Editor); Carlo Rescigno (Editor)
$80.00ISBN: 9781842174265
Published by : Oxbow Books
In Ancient Italy, temples were adorned with full-figure architectural terracotta images such as acroteria, statuary groups and high reliefs. These terracottas mostly show complex scenes of gods and heroes, legendary battles and mythical animal... .... Learn More