Art & Architecture

ISBN: 9781904597674
Published by : Pindar Press
The churches of Rome constitute arguably the most important manifestations of art and architecture in the Western world. This book is a detailed description of 251 churches in Rome and the Vatican City, built or decorated between ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781842175262
Published by : Oxbow Books
This lavishly illustrated volume presents a comprehensive architectural study of 87 individual temples and sanctuaries built in the Roman East between the end of the 1st century BCE and the end of the 3rd century CE, within a broa... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780714150918
Published by : British Museum Press
Series: Objects In Focus
Made from Bronze with eyes inlaid with glass pupils set in metal rings, the 'Meroe Head' is a magnificent portrait of Julius Caesar's great nephew and adopted heir Augustus (63 BC-AD 14). Once forming part of a statue of Rome's revered first true ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407311197
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2503
In this work the author focuses on early Hispanic churches built before the arrival of the Roman Liturgy and the Romanesque techniques by examining liturgical sculptural evidence. This material record provides a detailed understan... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780500290927
Published by : Thames and Hudson
Another glossy book on Pompeii, but this is definitely one of the better ones. It is well thought out and packed with a huge amount of information, accessible to the general reader without being in any way patronising. Its strengths definitely ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781908332028
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of Scotland
Taking as its starting point a comprehensive reappraisal of the magnificent Traprain treasure, this fine collection of papers widens its focus to include detailed discussion of the phenomenon of hacksilber (the deliberate breaking... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780876619667
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 facade 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 ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780292738881
Published by : University of Texas Press
These essays explore the emergence of scale and monumentality as key factors in pre-Imperial Roman and Etruscan building and the social and political strategies which they reflect. They address questions both of technical developm... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781445601496
Published by : Amberley Publishing
Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. After a survey of the ... .... Learn More