Art & Architecture
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Living and Working in Roman and Later London [Hardback]
Vaughan Birbeck (Author); Jörn Schuster (Author)
£10.00ISBN: 9781874350521
Published by : Wessex Archaeology
Volume: 25
Excavations in advance of redevelopment for a prestigious office building in the east of the City revealed 10 broad phases of activity, ranging from between the pre-Roman and post-medieval periods, with a focus on the 1st and 2nd centuries AD. ... .... Learn More -
Roman Art From The Louvre [Paperback]
Cecile Giroire (Author); Daniel Roger (Author)
Regular Price: £30.00
Special Price: £12.95
ISBN: 9781885444356
Published by : American Federation of Arts
Published to accompany a travelling exhibition organised by the American Federation of Arts and the Musee du Louvre, this publication features an extraordinary selection of these works dating from the first century B.C. to the early fourth century... .... Learn More -
Roman Mosaics of Britain Volume III: South-East Britain [Hardback]
David S. Neal (Author); Stephen R. Cosh (Author)
Regular Price: £200.00
Special Price: £50.00
ISBN: 9780854312894
Published by : Society of Antiquaries of London
The third volume in this massive project to create the first complete corpus of the Roman mosaics of Britain covers the areas of Britain that were first to come under Roman control and where some of Britain's most impressive mosaics are to be f... .... Learn More -
The Language of the Muses: The Dialogue Between Greek and Roman Sculpture [Hardback]
Miranda Marvin (Author)
Regular Price: £75.00
Special Price: £19.95
ISBN: 9780892368068
Published by : Getty Trust Publishing
This gloriously illustrated volume sets out to examine and disprove the popularly accepted notion that Roman sculptors were merely copyists (and not always good ones) doing nothing more than reproducing Greek masterpieces. The main part of the ... .... Learn More -
The Adam Brothers in Rome [Paperback]
A.A. Tait (Author)
Regular Price: £25.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9781857595741
Published by : Scala Publishers
This book presents full-colour reproductions of drawings by the Adam Brothers executed in the main at Rome during their Grand Tours, and forming a superb visual archive of Classical architecture and the visual arts. The accompanyi... .... Learn More -
The Herculaneum Women [Hardback]
Jens Daehner (Author); Kordelia Knoll (Author); Christiane Vorster (Author); Moritz Woelk (Author)
Regular Price: £37.00
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780892368822
Published by : Getty Trust Publishing
Oxbow says: In c.1711 three life-size Roman marble statues known as the Large and Small Herculaneum Women were discovered near Portici in the Bay of Naples. Sealed by the eruption of Vesuvius in AD79, once discovered thay were taken to Vienna a... .... Learn More -
The Acquisition and Exhibition of Classical Antiquities [Paperback]
Robin Francis Rhodes (Author)
Regular Price: £25.95
Special Price: £9.95
ISBN: 9780268040277
Published by : University of Notre Dame Press
Oxbow says: Today, the acquisition of classical antiquities has gone beyond moral issues of the rights and wrongs involved, to questions of the legality of ownership, laws governing the antiquities trade and protecting cultural heritag, the iss... .... Learn More -
The Ash Chests and other Funerary Reliefs [Hardback]
Glenys Davies (Author)
Regular Price: £69.00
Special Price: £9.95
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Roman Art [Paperback]
Michael Siebler (Author)
Regular Price: £4.99
Special Price: £2.95
ISBN: 9783822854549
Published by : Taschen
A beautifully illustrated introduction to Roman art. Opening with a consideration of the development and, in particular the purpose of Roman art, the book then presents and discusses some of the finest statues, mosaics, paintings and monumental ar... .... Learn More -
The Warren Cup [Paperback]
Dyfri Williams (Author)
£6.00ISBN: 9780714122601
Published by : British Museum Press
This is the book to accompany a special display at the British Museum, telling the unique story of this exquisitely crafted Roman silver drinking cup, engraved with erotic scenes. (Takes place between 11th May and 2nd July, 2006). Created in th... .... Learn More
