Art & Architecture
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The Roman Villa at Maasbracht: The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands) [Paperback]
WV.K Vos (Editor); Corrie Bakels (Editor); T.A. Goossens (Editor)
£45.00ISBN: 9789088908569
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia
Volume: 46
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In the Dutch archaeological community, the Roman Villa of Maasbracht has become famous for the beautiful remains of murals that have survived to this day. Almost all of this material was found in the infill of the stone cellar, a veritable time ca... .... Learn More -
The Roman Villa at Maasbracht: The archaeology and history of a Roman settlement on the banks of the river Meuse (Province of Limburg, The Netherlands) [Hardback]
WV.K Vos (Editor); Corrie Bakels (Editor); T.A. Goossens (Editor)
£135.00ISBN: 9789088908576
Published by : Sidestone Press
Series: Analecta Praehistorica Leidensia
Volume: 46
In the Dutch archaeological community, the Roman Villa of Maasbracht has become famous for the beautiful remains of murals that have survived to this day. Almost all of this material was found in the infill of the stone cellar, a veritable time ca... .... Learn More -
House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: Excavations in the Casa del Chirurgo (VI 1, 9-10.23) [Hardback]
Michael Anderson (Editor); Damian Robinson (Editor)
£70.00ISBN: 9781785707285
Published by : Oxbow Books
The House of the Surgeon represents the first major publication of an important series of excavations undertaken by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (1994-2006) at the ancient city of Pompeii in a city block known as Insula VI 1. This is one ... .... Learn More -
Gender and Body Language in Roman Art [Hardback]
Glenys Davies (Author)
Regular Price: £90.00
Special Price: £65.00
ISBN: 9780521842730
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Can we reconstruct Roman body language? Was it the same as ours? Does body language express and reinforce gender differences and the relative positions of men and women (dominant/subordinate) in society? Can analysis of the postures and gestures o... .... Learn More -
Classical Art: A Life History from Antiquity to the Present [Hardback]
Caroline Vout (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £20.00
ISBN: 9780691177038
Published by : Princeton University Press
How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as "classical" and as "art"? What does "classical art" mean across time and place? In this ambit... .... Learn More -
Supports in Roman Marble Sculpture: Workshop Practice and Modes of Viewing [Hardback]
Anna Anguissola (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9781108418430
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Figural and non-figural supports are a ubiquitous feature of Roman marble sculpture; they appear in sculptures ranging in size from miniature to colossal and of all levels of quality. At odds with modern ideas about beauty, completeness, and visua... .... Learn More -
The Architecture of the Roman Triumph: Monuments Memory and Identity [Hardback]
Maggie L. Popkin (Author)
Regular Price: £77.00
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781107103573
Published by : Cambridge University Press
This book offers the first critical study of the architecture of the Roman triumph, ancient Rome's most important victory ritual. Through case studies ranging from the republican to imperial periods, it demonstrates how powerfully monuments shaped... .... Learn More -
The Boundaries of Art and Social Space in Rome: The Caged Bird and Other Art Forms [Hardback]
Frederick Jones (Author)
Regular Price: £90.00
Special Price: £60.00
ISBN: 9781472526120
Published by : Bloomsbury
The Boundaries of Art and Social Space in Rome explores what art was and what it meant for the ancient Romans, examining the boundaries between art objects and material culture and the ways in which these forms worked on their viewers, users and s... .... Learn More -
Monuments in Miniature: Architecture on Roman Coinage [Hardback]
Nathan Elkins (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9780897223447
Published by : American Numismatic Society
Series: Numismatic Studies
Volume: 29
The regular representation of the built environment on coins was a purely Roman phenomenon among the ancients. In the Greek world, architectural representation on coinage was very uncommon; when it did appear it referred directly to the local iden... .... Learn More -
The Politics of Public Space in Republican Rome [Hardback]
Amy Russell (Author)
Regular Price: £67.99
Special Price: £45.00
ISBN: 9781107040496
Published by : Cambridge University Press
Taking public space as her starting point, Amy Russell offers a fresh analysis of the ever-fluid public/private divide in Republican Rome. Built on the 'spatial turn' in Roman studies and incorporating textual and archaeological evidence, this boo... .... Learn More
