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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. A vivid portrayal of life in Pompeii's sister city, this book includes a detailed description of the ancient Villa dei Papiri, on which the present Getty Museum in Malibu is modeled. Num Pages: 222 pages, 118 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892361649
ISBN
9780892361649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. The 19 papers in this volume stem from a symposium that brought together academics, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators and a practising marble sculptor to discuss varying approaches to restoration of ancient stone sculptures. Editor(s): Grossman, Janet Burnett; Podany, Jerry; True, Marion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour and 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ABC; ACG; AFKB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 975.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892367238
ISBN
9780892367238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.44
€ 51.34

Paperback. Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been reiterated and contested into the twentieth century. It not only sketches the circumstances that shaped Winckelmann's project but also assesses this scholar's influence on European intellectual life. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 253 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366682
ISBN
9780892366682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.39
€ 55.72

Paperback. Works of art are eloquent intermediaries. This title provides an introduction to the painted pottery that served specific utilitarian functions and that afforded artists a medium for depicting their gods and heroes and the details of daily existence. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75 black-&-white illustrations + 100 colour images. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 205 x 14. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300155235
ISBN
9780300155235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292743403
ISBN
9780292743403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

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

€ 71.34
€ 60.35

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. In archaic and classical Greece, statues played a constant role in people's religious, political, economic, aesthetic, and mental lives. Evidence of many kinds demonstrates that ancient Greeks thought about - and interacted with - statues in ways very different from our own. This book recovers ancient thinking about statues. Num Pages: 384 pages, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; AFKB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691094885
ISBN
9780691094885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.01
€ 54.12

Hardcover. Analyses ancestral representation in ancient Greece, Etruria and Rome. This book includes contributions that address the artistic, social and political significance of given portraits and themes such as the true and false forefathers in the portraits of Hellenistic rulers, the question of whether women were ancestors in republican Rome, and more. Editor(s): Hojte, J. M. Series: Aarhus Studies in Mediterranean Antiquity. Num Pages: 309 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ACG; AGH; HBTB; JHMC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 186 x 26. Weight in Grams: 792.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
309
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772889481
ISBN
9788772889481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.69

Paperback. This study focuses on the "saucer pyres," a series of 70 deposits excavated in the residential and industrial areas bordering the Athenian Agora. Num Pages: 248 pages, 126 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; HDD; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 282 x 19. Weight in Grams: 846.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876615478
ISBN
9780876615478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 2 pages, 169 b/w illus, 12 col pls. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 1QDAG; ACG; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
INSTAP Academic Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931534215
ISBN
9781931534215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Hardcover. .
Publisher
NMSE - Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905267170
ISBN
9781905267170
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.51

Paperback. Presented in glossary format, this volume gives precise definitions of the words and phrases most frequently encountered by museum visitors in exhibition labels and texts. Series: Looking at. Num Pages: 120 pages, 75 colour and 25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 9. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367085
ISBN
9780892367085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; ACK; AFKB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 970.
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
350
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771240894
ISBN
9788771240894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.02

Hardcover. Explores the history of Europe and the Mediterranean, bridging the gap between the Mediterranean and the North of Europe, the Byzantine and Roman empires and the barbarian world of the Dark Ages; a period that saw Christianity established as a major world religion as well as the rise of Islam. Num Pages: 340 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
366
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714123202
ISBN
9780714123202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.04

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. Presents a survey of art and architecture in Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, northeast Syria and southeast Turkey), from 8000 BCE to the arrival of Islam in 636 BCE. This book is illustrated with c 400 full-colour photographs, and maps and time charts that guide you through the chronology and geography of this part of the ancient Near East. Num Pages: 376 pages, 414 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; 3D; ACG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 284 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1758.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519172
ISBN
9780500519172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.85

Paperback. Moche civilisation flourished on the north coast of Peru from AD 200 to 800. Although the Moche had no writing system, they left an artistic record of their beliefs and activities on painted ceramic vessels. Illustrating more than 200 painted vessels from San Jose de Moro, this book provides insights about a community of ancient Peruvian potters. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 210 pages, 240 col illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ACG; ACK; AFPC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 889.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745383
ISBN
9781931745383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.55

Moche civilisation flourished on the north coast of Peru from AD 200 to 800. Although the Moche had no writing system, they left an artistic record of their beliefs and activities on painted ceramic vessels. Illustrating more than 200 painted vessels from San Jose de Moro, this book provides insights about a community of ancient Peruvian potters. Series: Monographs. Num Pages: 210 pages, 240 col illus. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ACG; ACK; AFPC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216. .
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931745390
ISBN
9781931745390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.07

Paperback. Awakening intrinsic motivation in young people is the important key to securing them a meaningful and successful life. This book gives every student an opportunity to recognise their strengths, awaken their aspirations and become aware of reasons for learning. It is a motivational programme for secondary students. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 209 x 16. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Speechmark Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780863889189
ISBN
9780863889189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.79

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