Art & Architecture
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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)
£23.00ISBN: 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 vesse... .... Learn More -
Die Masken aus der Nekropole von Lipari~ [Paperback]
Agnes Schwarzmaier (Author)
£25.00ISBN: 9783895007101
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: palilia
Volume: 21
The large numbers of clay masks from the 4th and early 3rd Century BC found in the cemetery at Lipari represent an important local feature. In their form they are based on theatrical masks from the same period and
thus provide an insight i... .... Learn More -
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Histories of Peirene: A Corinthian Fountain in Three Millennia [Hardback]
Betsey A. Robinson (Author)
£56.00ISBN: 9780876619650
Published by : American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Series: ANCIENT ART & ARCHITECTURE IN CONTEXT
Volume: 2
The Peirene Fountain as described by its first excavator, Rufus B. Richardson, is “the most famous fountain of Greece.” Here is a retrospective of a wellspring of Western civilization, distinguished by its long history, service to a great ancient ... .... Learn More -
Antiken Architekturformen in nordlichen Schwarzmeergebiet: Herkunft und Entwicklung [Hardback]
S Bujskich (Author)
£72.00ISBN: 9783895006555
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Archaologische Forschungen
Volume: 26
The study investigates the appearance and further development of architectural orders in the major Greek colonies in the North Pontus, especially in the main cities Tyras, Olbia, Chersonesos and Pantikapaion. Special attention is paid to the qu... .... Learn More -
Greek Vases: Gods, Heroes and Mortals [Paperback]
Agnes Schwarzmaier (Author);Annika Backe-Dahmen (Author);Ursula Kastner (Author)
£14.95ISBN: 9781857596069
Published by : Scala Publishers
This is a lavishly illustrated catalogue of the finest Greek Vases in the state museums of Berlin. As the title suggests, a number of the vases selected depict mythological scenes, but this is by no means exclusively the case - depictions of da... .... Learn More -
The Art of the Hekatompedon Inscription and the Birth of the Stoikhedon Style [Hardback]
Patricia A. Butz (Author)
£120.00ISBN: 9789004183087
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
Inscribed most probably in the middle of the decade that saw the Greek response to the Persian invasion, the Hekatompedon Inscription has long been recognized for its historical and religious importance. This study looks at the inscription on i... .... Learn More -
Emergence of the Classical Style in Greek Sculpture [Hardback]
Richard Neer (Author)
£42.00ISBN: 9780226570631
Published by : University of Chicago Press
In this fine volume, Richard Neer examines the development of the 'Classical' style in Greek sculpture in the fifth century BC. He focuses on the relation of image to beholder and on viewing experience, suggesting that different ways of engagin... .... Learn More -
The Female Portrait Statue in the Greek World [Paperback]
Sheila Dillon (Author)
£29.99ISBN: 9781107603608
Published by : Cambridge University Press
A detailed analysis of the female portrait statue in the Greek world from the 4th century BCE to the 3rd century CE. Whereas male portraits tend to stress their subject's distinctiveness through physiognomic individuality, portraits of women ar... .... Learn More -
Komast Dancers in Archaic Greek Art [Hardback]
Tyler Jo Smith (Author)
£80.00ISBN: 9780199578658
Published by : Oxford University Press
Komast figures (literally `revellers') on black-figure vases have long been associated with the worship of Dionysos and the origins of Greek drama. In this fully illustrated study, Tyler Jo Smith takes a fresh look at the evidence for komasts, ... .... Learn More