Art & Architecture
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Roman Imperial Statue Bases: from Augustus to Commodus [Hardback]
Jakob Munk Hojte (Author)
£27.95ISBN: 9788779341463
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)
The study of Roman imperial statues has made remarkable strides in the last two decades. Yet the field's understandable focus on extant portraits has made it difficult to generalise accurately. Most notably, bronze was usually the material of choi... .... Learn More -
The Domus Romana: Site Catalogue [Paperback]
Sue Depasquale (Author)
£6.00ISBN: 9789993270317
Published by : Midsea Books
Heritage Malta's official site catalogue for the Domus Romana. .... Learn More -
Roman Bodies: Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century [Paperback]
A. Hopkins (Author); Andrew Hopkins (Author); Maria Wyke (Author)
Regular Price: £32.00
Special Price: £16.00
ISBN: 9780904152449
Published by : British School at Rome
This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. .... Learn More -
Terra Marique: Studies in honour of Anna Marguerite McCann on the receipt of the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America [Hardback]
John Pollini (Author)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £7.95
ISBN: 9781842171486
Published by : Oxbow Books
In 1998 Anna Marguerite McCann received the Gold Medal of the Archaeological Institute of America for her distinguished archaeological achievements. This volume includes the papers presented at a special colloquium held in her honour, along wit... .... Learn More -
The Orientalizing Bucchero from the Lower Building at Poggio Civitate (Murlo) [Hardback]
Jon Berkin (Author)
Regular Price: £29.95
Special Price: £6.95
ISBN: 9781931909037
Published by : Archaeological Institute of America
Series: AIA Monographs
Volume: 6
Excavations at the Etruscan site of Poggio Civitate (Murlo) have produced some of the most spectacular and provocative material recovered from Etruria. This volume presents the reconstruction and study of a large assemblage of bucchero pottery... .... Learn More -
Art and Archaeology of Antiquity Volume IV [Hardback]
C. C. Vermeule (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828616
Published by : Pindar Press
The last part of the four-volume series which aims to make available the most important studies of Cornelius Vermuele the former curator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. This volume spans the years between 1985 and 1995 and in... .... Learn More -
The Parallel Worlds of Classical Art and Text [Paperback]
Jocelyn Penny Small (Author)
Regular Price: £25.99
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780521733069
Published by : Cambridge University Press
We are so used to seeing text accompanied by pictures that we perhaps inadvertently assume that this was always the case. However, with reference to art from archaic Greece to the late Roman Republic, Small argues that `artists illustrate stori... .... Learn More -
Art and Archaeology of Antiquity Volume III [Hardback]
C. C. Vermeule (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781899828609
Published by : Pindar Press
The third part of the four volume set which aims to make available the most important studies of Cornelius Vermeule, the formercurator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. This volume contains studies published between 1974 and 19... .... Learn More -
Carving as Craft: Palatine East and the Greco-Roman Bone and Ivory Carving Tradition [Hardback]
Archer St Clair (Author)
Regular Price: £78.00
Special Price: £14.95
ISBN: 9780801872617
Published by : Johns Hopkins University Press
More than 1500 bone and ivory objects were recovered during excavations of the northeast slope of the Palatine Hill in Rome, providing an excellent opportunity to study this important industry. The assemblage consisted of a wide range of object... .... Learn More -
Images of Ancestors [Hardback]
Jakob Munk Hojte (Author)
£22.95ISBN: 9788772889481
Published by : Aarhus University Press
Series: (Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity)
To achieve status in the classical world, a certain intimacy with one's ancestors was essential. By referring to the illustrious exploits and qualities of his forebears, a man could strengthen his position in society. If his origins lacked suffici... .... Learn More
