Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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The Observing Eye: The French artist Jean Houel in Malta [Hardback]
Thomas Freller (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9789993274179
Published by : Midsea Books
The French artist Jean Pierre Louis Laurent Hoüel is rightly described as master of the ‘vedutismo itinerante’. Art historians have acknowledged his important contributions to the development of 18th-century lands... .... Learn More -
One Leg in the Grave Revisited [Paperback]
Kees Zimmerman (Editor)
£25.00ISBN: 9789491431234
Published by : Barkhuis
The Miracle of the Transplantation of the Black Leg, a posthumous miracle performed by the saints Cosmas and Damian, is best known from the Golden Legend of Jacobus the Voragine (1265). From the early Middle Ages on, artists have been particularly... .... Learn More -
Excalibur: Essays on Antiquity and the History of Collecting in Honour of Arthur MacGregor [Paperback]
Hildegard Wiegel (Author); Michael Vickers (Author)
£41.00ISBN: 9781407311302
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: BAR International Series
A collection of 16 papers to honour Arthur MacGregor and his work. Contents: David Berry: Vita Arthuri; The published writings of Arthur MacGregor; Lauren Gilmour: An Anglo-Saxon gold finger-ring from Abingdon, Oxfordshire; Assimi... .... Learn More -
The Meroë Head of Augustus [Paperback]
Thorsten Opper (Author)
£5.00ISBN: 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 -
Expressions esthétiques et comportements techniques au Paléolithique / Aesthetic Expressions and Technical Behaviours in the Palaeolithic Age [Paperback]
Marc Groenen (Editor)
£30.00ISBN: 9781407311128
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2496
This book is the result of two symposia from the 16th World Congress of the IUPPS (Florianópolis, Brazil, 4-10 September 2011): ‘The image in portable art and cave art in the European Palaeolithic Age’, and the ... .... Learn More -
El uso de Sistemas de Información Geográfica (SIG) en arqueología sudamericana [Paperback]
María José Figuerero Torres (Editor); Andres D. Izeta (Editor)
£36.00ISBN: 9781407311135
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
Series: Bar S
Volume: 2497
A collection of recent studies on GIS applications in South America. For example, one contribution reports the location of archaeological materials from northwestern Andean Patagonia, Argentina, modelled using GIS and image proces... .... Learn More -
Jorg Schmeisser: Bilder Der Reise: A man, who likes to draw [Hardback]
Roger Butler (Author); Eric Denker (Author); Peter Haynes (Author); Merryn Gates (Author); Rudiger Joppian (Author); Suzanne Knight (Author); Hendrik Kolenberg (Author); Akira Kurosaki (Author); Howard Morphy (Author); Sarina Noordhuis-Fairfax (Author); P
£43.00ISBN: 9781921394942
Published by : Macmillan Art Publishing
This splendidly illustrated, multi-colored publication serves as a fitting memorial to a much-admired Canberra-based artist, teacher and traveller who died in 2012 while still involved with the production of the book. A painter of... .... Learn More -
Mattia Preti: Faith and Humanity [Hardback]
Sandro Debono (Author); Giuseppe Valentino (Author)
£50.50ISBN: 9789993274360
Published by : Midsea Books
2013 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Mattia Preti. This important occasion is being marked by an exhibition organized by Heritage Malta and the Comune of Taverna, where Mattia Preti was born. The exhibition is the fina... .... Learn More -
Mattia Preti: Faith and Humanity [Paperback]
Sandro Debono (Author); Giuseppe Valentino (Author)
£33.50ISBN: 9789993274377
Published by : Midsea Books
2013 marks the 400th anniversary of the birth of Mattia Preti. This important occasion is being marked by an exhibition organized by Heritage Malta and the Comune of Taverna, where Mattia Preti was born. The exhibition is the fina... .... Learn More -
The Bishop's Palace at Salisbury [Hardback]
Peter L. Smith (Author)
£29.95ISBN: 9781904965411
Published by : Spire Books
One of the least known yet most important buildings in Salisbury is the former Bishops’ Palace. First built when the city was established in the 1220s, it was home to successive bishops for over 700 years until becoming the Cathedral School in 194... .... Learn More