Classical Art
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Greek Art and the Orient [Paperback]
Ann C. Gunter (Author)
£18.99ISBN: 9780521182997
Published by : Cambridge University Press
For over a century, scholars have recognised an orientalising period in the history of early Greek art, in which Greek artisans fashioned works of art under the stimulus of Near Eastern imports or resident foreign artisans. In this study, Ann G... .... Learn More -
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Roman Baroque Sculpture for the Knights of Malta [Paperback]
Keith Sciberras (Author)
£24.00ISBN: 9789993273967
Published by : Midsea Books
This book, now in its second revised edition, studies the mechanics of patronage of Roman Baroque sculpture produced for the Knights of the Order of St John and discusses the extent of such patronage together with the artistic and historical i... .... Learn More -
Late Classical and Hellenistic Silver Plate From Macedonia [Hardback]
Eleni Zimi (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9780199550449
Published by : Oxford University Press
This is the first comprehensive and fully illustrated study of silver vessels from ancient Macedonia from the 4th to the 2nd centuries BC. These precious vessels formed part of dining sets owned by the royal family and the elite and have been d... .... Learn More -
From Face to Face: Recarving of Roman Portraits and the Late Antique Portrait Arts [Hardback]
Marina Prusac (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9789004182714
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This book is based on an investigation of more than five hundred recarved portraits. The different recarving methods have made it possible to suggest classifiable categories, which together underpin a hypothesis that the late-antique portrait ... .... Learn More -
Chersonesan Studies 1: The Polychrome Grave Stelae [Hardback]
Richard Posamentir (Author)
£54.00ISBN: 9780292723122
Published by : University of Texas Press
Chersonesan Studies 1 presents the painted grave stelai of the Early Hellenistic necropolis of Chersonesos Taurike, a Greek city on the northern shore of the Black Sea. This unique collection of over one hundred objects is of major interest to ... .... Learn More -
Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630-570 BCE) [Hardback]
Alexandra Alexandridou (Author)
£149.00ISBN: 9789004186040
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
This volume aims at a comprehensive contextual analysis of early Attic black-figure pottery production. After an outline of early research, Alexandridou studies the shapes and their functions, the painters, the iconography, the distribution and... .... 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 -
Women and Visual Replication in Roman Imperial Art and Culture [Hardback]
Jennifer Trimble (Author)
£75.00ISBN: 9780521825153
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Why did Roman portrait statues, famed for their individuality, repeatedly employ the same body forms? To understand how Roman visual replication worked, Trimble focuses on the 'Large Herculaneum Woman' statue type, a draped female body particul... .... Learn More