Search results for 'crete'
-
The Neolithic Settlement of Knossos in Crete: New Evidence for the Early Occupation of Crete and the Aegean Islands [Hardback]
Nikos Efstratiou (Editor); Alexandra Karetsou (Editor); Maria Ntinou (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9781931534727
Published by : INSTAP Academic Press (Institute for Aegean Prehistory)
Series: Prehistory Monographs
Volume: 42
The site of Knossos on the Kephala hill in central Crete is of great archaeological and historical importance for both Greece and Europe. Dating to 7000 B.C., it is the home of one of the earliest farming societies in southeastern... .... Learn More -
Pottery Production, Distribution and Consumption in Early Minoan West Crete: An Analytical Perspective [Paperback]
Eleni Nodarou (Author)
£41.00 -
-
The Hand of Angelos: An Icon Painter in Venetian Crete [Hardback]
Maria Vassilaki (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781848220645
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Angelos Akotantos was the most important icon painter of the 15th century. Here some of the leading experts on Byzantine art discuss his life and works, accompanied by a catalogue which reproduces 33 of his icons, along with 14 others by his c... .... Learn More -
Health and Disease in Byzantine Crete (7th-12th Centuries AD) [Hardback]
C. Bourbou (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780754666158
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Daily life and living conditions in the Byzantine world are relatively underexplored subjects, often neglected in comparison with more visible aspects of Byzantine culture, such as works of art. The book is among the few publications on Greek B... .... Learn More -
Dawn of Discovery: the Early British Travellers to Crete BAR IS2053 [Paperback]
Dudley Moore (Author)
£46.00 -
Ancient Crete: From Successful Collapse to Democracy's Alternatives, Twelfth to Fifth Centuries BC [Hardback]
Saro Wallace (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9780521112048
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This welcome archaeological synthesis examines the effects of the 12th century collapse in Crete, emphasising the island's quite different socio-economic, cultural and political trajectories from the experience of the Greek mainland. Wallace t... .... Learn More -
Architecture of Minoan Crete: Constructing Identity in the Aegean Bronze Age [Hardback]
John C McEnroe (Author)
£40.00ISBN: 9780292721937
Published by : University of Texas Press
Bringing together a vast amount of archaeological research, this is a useful and well designed single volume synthesis of the whole history of Minoan architecture. As well as charting the development of architectural styles, alongside plentiful... .... Learn More -
Aegyptica on the Island of Crete in Their Chronological Context: A Critical Review [Hardback]
Jacqueline Phillips (Author)
£180.00ISBN: 9783700161172
Published by : Austrian Academy of Sciences Press
This volume presents all known Egyptian imports found on the island of Crete. The first part concentrates on various groups of imports including stone vases, faience and glass vessels, pottery, scarabs, beads and figurative art not only in term... .... Learn More -
The Painter Angelos and Icon-Painting in Venetian Crete [Hardback]
Maria Vassilaki (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780754659457
Published by : Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Byzantine icon-painting enjoyed a late flourishing in the 15th century, not in Constantinople, but in Venetian ruled Crete. The greatest artist of this movement, stylistically open to western influences, but still definitely Byzantine, was Ange... .... Learn More