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History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE

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History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE

Paperback. Brings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the freeborn working poor. Written for a wide audience, this book illuminates the dynamics of a discerning and sophisticated population, overturning much accepted wisdom about them, and opening our eyes to their cultural diversity. Num Pages: 396 pages, 24 color illustrations, 134 b/w photographs, 21 line illustrations, 3 tables, 2. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520248151
ISBN
9780520248151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 44.31

paperback. This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and architecture of ancient Greece with an emphasis on function and context. Num Pages: 445 pages, 84 b/w illus. 400 colour illus. 9 maps 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 283 x 220 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1612.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521171809
ISBN
9780521171809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064627
ISBN
9781606064627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.23
€ 68.86

Paperback. Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 BC to AD 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. This book presents an overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Num Pages: 496 pages, 11 color plates 164 halftones 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058900
ISBN
9780691058900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.54
€ 51.90

Paperback. This book offers a new, theoretically informed framework for the interpretation of ancient visual culture. Num Pages: 300 pages, 53 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ACG; HRKP3; HRKP4. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521139724
ISBN
9780521139724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 193, 193 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456886
ISBN
9780801456886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.16
€ 51.10

Hardcover. Images for Classicists shows how text and image taken together complicate and enrich our understanding of ancient culture. Working to dissolve distinctions between text- and artifact-based scholarship, it explores challenges the digital revolution poses to curators and sketches ways that image-based collections may be deployed in the future. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Harvard University Department of the Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428362
ISBN
9780674428362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.71

Paperback. This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 51 illustrations, 49 in colour. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: Objects in Focus. 55 pages, 27 col & 6 b/w illus. This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century northern England, and decorated with scenes from tales both pagan and Christian, as well as runic inscriptions. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACG; AFKC. Dimension: 211 x 150 x 6. Weight: 172.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
55
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714128184
ISBN
9780714128184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.37

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674060692
ISBN
9780674060692
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.65
€ 72.48

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
65
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890364
ISBN
9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.63

Hardback. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674143258
ISBN
9780674143258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.47
€ 71.43

Hardcover. On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece - but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the author describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. Translator(s): O'Donnell, Joseph. Num Pages: 384 pages, 87 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297651
ISBN
9780226297651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.39
€ 60.35

Hardcover. An overview of the sculptures of the Parthenon, presenting interpretations of the ancient temple's sculptural creation. It focuses on the meanings of the sculptures in the light of classical Athenian knowledge and society, and considers what they reveal about the Greek sense of democracy. Num Pages: 212 pages, 6 colour plates, 51 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300073911
ISBN
9780300073911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.44
€ 51.34

Paperback. "This J. Paul Getty Museum collection catalogue presents sixty ancient terracottas in detail and provides a guide to the one thousand other ancient terracotta objects in the collection"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFKB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064863
ISBN
9781606064863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.33
€ 60.10

Hardcover. Examines the production and circulation of portable luxury goods throughout the Levant in the early Iron Age (1200-600 BCE). In particular, this book focuses on how societies in flux came together around the material effects of art and style, and their role in collective memory. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 colour plates, 41 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226105611
ISBN
9780226105611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.39
€ 60.49

Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218381
ISBN
9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350159
ISBN
9781444350159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.23

Paperback. Includes discoveries and new theories from the past decade and a half. This title presents a guide to the art of the ancient. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 254 illustrations, 191 in colour. BIC Classification: 1QDAK; ACG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204221
ISBN
9780500204221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.29

Hardcover. The great river civilization of the Oxus is one of the forgotten jewels of the ancient world. Num Pages: 264 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FC; ACG; HBLA; JHMC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 289 x 237. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784537722
ISBN
9781784537722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.49
€ 56.46

paperback. Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, This title investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 black-and-white photographs and 5 maps. BIC Classification: ACG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294837
ISBN
9780520294837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

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