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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. Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work. Translator(s): Beamish, Caroline; Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 168 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366361
ISBN
9780892366361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Editor(s): Pillsbury, Joanne. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 520 pages, 212 color illustrations, 79 halftones, 20 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; ACG; HDD; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Number of pages
520
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023807
ISBN
9780884023807
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 64.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Bodil Bundgaard; Lund, John. Num Pages: 200 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; ACG; AGC; HDDC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 190. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nationalmuseet Antiksamlingen Denmark
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788789438092
ISBN
9788789438092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.43

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

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

Paperback. Prehistoric rock art in Northumberland Num Pages: 208 pages, colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYN; ACG; HB; HD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 173 x 14. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752419459
ISBN
9780752419459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.44

Paperback. This classic work discusses representations in Egyptian painting, sculpture and reliefs, assessing how objects and figures are represented in two dimensions, introducing the idea of "conceptual" and "perceptual" art. Translated from the German by John Baines, who has revised the text and illustrations to take account of recent research. Editor(s): Brunner-Traut, Emma. Translator(s): Baines, John. Num Pages: 498 pages, 109 b/w pls, 330 figs. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
4th
Number of pages
498
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416514
ISBN
9780900416514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.63

Paperback. A collection of papers on architectural terracottas revealing aspects of ancient history and the classical world from mainland Greece, Northern Greece and Albania, the Black Sea, Aegean Islands and Asia Minor, South Italy and Sicily. Editor(s): Winter, Nancy A. Series: Hesperia supplements. Num Pages: 366 pages, 95 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AM; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
American School of Classical Studies at Athens United States
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9780876615270
ISBN
9780876615270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.14

paperback. A comprehensive survey of Ravenna's history and monuments in late antiquity, including discussions of scholarly controversies, archaeological discoveries, and interpretations of art works. Num Pages: 460 pages, 103 b/w illus. 15 colour illus. 7 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; AMX; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 964.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107612907
ISBN
9781107612907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.12

Paperback. Offers fresh insights into the evolution of the forms and meanings of Roman art. The author offers a cultural history of the functions of the visual arts, the messages that these images carried, and the values that they affirmed in late Republican Rome and the Empire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 60 full-colour & 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061015
ISBN
9781606061015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.93

Paperback. Accompanying an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, this book offers material that is chronologically and geographically distant from imperial Rome, the better to characterize and understand local responses and identities within the provinces as they were expressed through material culture. Editor(s): Brody, Lisa R.; Hoffman, Gail L. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mcmullen Museum Of Art, Boston College
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892850225
ISBN
9781892850225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.00

Paperback. This book provides a general survey of Roman wall-painting from the second century BC through to the fourth century AD. Num Pages: 278 pages, 236 b/w illus. 41 colour illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521315951
ISBN
9780521315951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.58

Paperback. Discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. Kleiner examines art commissioned by the imperial elite as well as by private patrons, including freedmen and slaves. Series: Yale Publications in the History of Art. Num Pages: 489 pages, 421 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
490
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300059489
ISBN
9780300059489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardcover. Featuring over 400 photographs, this volume presents a range of ancient Egyptian gold objects and jewels. It constitutes a study of the subject, not only revealing an array of dazzling jewellery and metalwork but also tracing the development of the goldsmiths' techniques and fashions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400 colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AFKG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 325 x 245. . Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
I.B.Tauris
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KOC0011894
ISBN
9781860645273
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardcover. Based on a Harvard Art Museums symposium on the acquisition of Margarete Bieber's coin collection, Sculpture and Coins addresses the relation between large statuary and miniature art in the private and public domain. Scholars from various disciplines explain the importance of coins for identifying and analyzing Greek and Roman portraiture. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AFKG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428379
ISBN
9780674428379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.03

Hardcover. A catalogue of the sculptures on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. Each entry features a full bibliography and is written for both experts and the general reading public. The introduction offers an overview of sculpture from the archaic period to the end of antiquity. Num Pages: 375 pages, 28 col and 670 b/w pls. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 310 x 242 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366866
ISBN
9780892366866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.03
€ 91.07

Hardcover. The fascinus, or phallus, was at the heart of classical Roman art and life. No god was more represented in ancient Rome than the phallic deity Priapus, and the fescennine verses, one of the earliest forms of Roman poetry, accompanied the celebrations of Priapus, the harvest, and fertility. This title looks closely at this delicate interplay. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; ACG; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497866
ISBN
9781906497866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.61

Hardback. Demonstrates Sicily's essential role in the development of the ancient Mediterranean world. This title focuses on the watershed period between 480 BC and the Roman conquest of Syracuse in 212 BC - a time of great social and political ferment. Num Pages: 288 pages, 144 full-colour, 23 b&w, & 1 map. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 250 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061336
ISBN
9781606061336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.49
€ 46.96

Hardcover. A study of Piranesi's presentation of classical Roman architecture, through drawings and etchings Num Pages: 352 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ACG; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 806.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472118212
ISBN
9780472118212
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.65

Hardback. The eleven studies reprinted here were published by Professor Kauffmann over a period of twenty years, and reflect his interest in Romanesque and Gothic art in England and Europe. They include a number of studies on panel paintings, and a highly influential article on the art of the Bury Bible. Num Pages: 434 pages, 248 illus. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
434
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132592
ISBN
9780907132592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.45

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