Art & Architecture
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The Barbarians of Ancient Europe: Realities and Interactions [Hardback]
Larissa Bonfante (Author)
£63.00ISBN: 9780521194044
Published by : Cambridge University Press
The Barbarians of Ancient Europe deals with the reality of the indigenous peoples of Europe, in contrast to many publications that explore these peoples in the context of the Greek idea of 'barbarians' as the 'other'. These varied groups - Thra... .... Learn More -
Looking at Greek Art [Hardback]
Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell (Author)
£60.00ISBN: 9780521110389
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This study considers Ancient Greek pottery, sculpture and metalwork from a variety of perspectives, both old and new. Stansbury-O'Donnell introduces the main criteria for describing and categorising an object on first viewing, but also ventures... .... Learn More -
Looking at Greek Art [Paperback]
Mark D. Stansbury-O'Donnell (Author)
£19.99ISBN: 9780521125574
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This study considers Ancient Greek pottery, sculpture and metalwork from a variety of perspectives, both old and new. Stansbury-O'Donnell introduces the main criteria for describing and categorising an object on first viewing, but also ventures... .... Learn More -
History Written on the Classical Greek Body [Hardback]
Robin Osbourne (Author)
£50.00ISBN: 9781107003200
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book is concerned with the ways in which texts relating to classical Greece, and in particular to classical Athens, classified people and with the extent to which those classifications could be seen by the eye. It compares the qualities d... .... Learn More -
History Written on the Classical Greek Body [Paperback]
Robin Osbourne (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780521176705
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book is concerned with the ways in which texts relating to classical Greece, and in particular to classical Athens, classified people and with the extent to which those classifications could be seen by the eye. It compares the qualities d... .... Learn More -
Lydian Architecture: Ashlar Masonry Structures at Sardis [Hardback]
Christopher Ratte (Author)
£62.95ISBN: 9780674060609
Published by : Harvard University Press
From the sixth to the fourth century B.C., the western Anatolian region of Lydia was home to a distinctive local tradition of ashlar masonry construction. The earliest datable example of fine stone masonry in the environs of Sardis, the capital... .... Learn More -
Polis and Personification in Classical Athenian Art [Hardback]
Amy C. Smith (Author)
£125.00ISBN: 9789004194175
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Ancient Greek artists pioneered in the allegorical use of personifications of political ideas, events, places, institutions, and peoples in visual arts. This book surveys and interprets these personifications within the intellectual and politi... .... Learn More -
From Pella to Gandhara: Hybridsation and Identity in the Art and Architecture of the Hellenistic East [Paperback]
Anna Kouremenos (Author); Sujatha Chandrasekaran (Author)
£42.00ISBN: 9781407307794
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
These papers present recent work on Hellenistic art, from Macedonia to northern India, with a particular focus on concepts of hybridisation and their contemporary usage. The evidence presented comes from a variety of sources: bullae, figurines,... .... Learn More -
A History of the Study of South Italian Black- and Red-Figure Pottery [Paperback]
Ronald Higginson (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781407307848
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Ranging from the first Roman rediscovery of Greek vases in southern Italy to the present day, this volume explores the history of their study. It looks at those aspects that each era thought important, the varied forms scholarly debate took, a... .... Learn More -
La Escuela de Pintura de Sicion y su Fortuna Critica [Paperback]
Jorge Tomas Garcia (Author)
£37.00ISBN: 9781407308197
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study explores the intellectual context and philosophical methodology behind the work of the Sicyonian school of painting which flourished in the 4th century BC. It analyses Plato's opposition to the school and its attempts to provide a sc... .... Learn More