Art & Architecture
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The Work of Giants: Stone and Quarrying in Roman Britain [Paperback]
Andrew Pearson (Author)
Regular Price: £19.99
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ISBN: 9780752435916
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
Oxbow says: Although Iron Age Britain was not unfamiliar with using local stone as a building material, the arrival of the Romans witnessed a dramatic shift in supply and demand. There is no denying that the Romans were skillful and successful ... .... Learn More -
The Arundel and Pomfret Marbles [Hardback]
Michael Vickers (Author)
Regular Price: £11.95
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ISBN: 9781854442086
Published by : Ashmolean Museum Publications
The largest surviving portion of the first major collection of Classical antiquities in Britain - the sculptures and inscriptions collected in the early 17th century by Thomas Howard, Earl of Arundel for his London house and garden - is in the... .... Learn More -
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 Aesthetics of Emulation in the Visual Arts of Ancient Rome [Hardback]
Ellen Perry (Author)
Regular Price: £67.00
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ISBN: 9780521831659
Published by : Cambridge University Press
In critiquing the art-historical approach known as kopienkritik, or copy criticism, as applied to Roman visual arts, where pieces are seen as copies of the works of the Greek masters, Ellen Perry advocates a more contextualised approach which see... .... Learn More -
Die antiken Skulpturen in Castle Howard [Hardback]
Barbara Borg (Author); Henner Von Hesberg (Author); Andreas Linfert (Author)
£90.00ISBN: 9783895004407
Published by : Reichert Verlag
Series: Monumenta Artis Romanae
Volume: 31
Large format book containing an extensive catalogue (135 items) of the antique sculpture at Castle Howard, as well as text discussing the origins and the history of the castle and its collection. German text. .... 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
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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)
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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
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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 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
