Classical Art

ISBN: 9783896469861
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This study deals with the specific iconographic peculiarities of late black-figure vase-painting, mainly on the basis of smaller vessels, which survived in much greater numbers. The range of iconographic themes are classified, analysed and com... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780300155235
Published by : Yale University Press
This is one of a series of publications that seek to provide an in-depth introduction to the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Following an introduction that considers how and where the vases were originally produced and ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9788484711711
Published by : John Wiley & Sons Ltd
Beautifully designed and illustrated, this volume presents a catalogue of the Louvre's fine collection of Tanagras - Hellenistic teracotta figurines particularly associated with the workshops of Tanagra in Boetia. Essays examine the origins, pr... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306506
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
This study examines Roman sculpture across the provinces extending from the Rhine to the Pyrenees and Britain to understand better both regional similarities and local peculiarities, to contextualize them historically, culturally, and geograph... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781407306780
Published by : British Archaeological Reports
study aims to define the function and meaning of images of horsemen and horse leaders on Attic grave and votive reliefs in the religious, political and social context of Attica in the fifth and fourth century B.C. The funerary reliefs are exami... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521769044
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In this book, Ada Cohen focuses on art produced in Macedonia during the late Classical and early Hellenistic period, which coincides with the reigns of Philip II, his famous son Alexander the Great, and their immediate successors. Although insp... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9783896469878
Published by : Verlag Marie Leidorf GmbH
This is a study of artistic representations of equites based on a catalogue of 182 pieces, predominantly sculpture but including other media. Among the topics under discussion are the insignia and iconography of the order of equites, in particu... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781606060377
Published by : Getty Trust Publishing
This beautifully produced volume accompanies an exhibition at the Getty Museum which explored the impact of the theatre on Greek art, both in terms of representations of the theatre, and in terms of the role of drama in developing Greek visual ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780521194563
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Cristina Mazzoni examines the evolution of the she-wolf as a symbol in western history, art, and literature, from antiquity to contemporary times. Used, for example, as an icon of Roman imperial power, papal authority, and the distance between ... .... Learn More