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. Jenkins reconstructs the Parthenon frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary, and the superb quality of the carving is vividly shown in a series of close-up photographs. Num Pages: 124 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) plan. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 215 x 10. Weight in Grams: 530. 124 pages, illustrations, (some colour ) plan. Jenkins reconstructs the Parthenon frieze in its entirety according to the most up-to-date research, with a detailed scene-by-scene commentary, and the superb quality of the carving is vividly shown in a series of close-up photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKC. Dimension: 271 x 215 x 10. Weight: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780714122373
- ISBN
- 9780714122373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.66
€ 19.99
€ 15.66
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892361649
- ISBN
- 9780892361649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.50
€ 29.99
€ 21.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 49 b 1 col plate. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACG; WCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 365 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1378.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714111308
- ISBN
- 9780714111308
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.18
€ 124.18
Hardcover. Editor(s): Gosden, Christopher; Crawford, Sally; Ulmschneider, Katharina. Num Pages: 400 pages, b/w illustrations, 32pp colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 210 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1702.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxbow Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782976554
- ISBN
- 9781782976554
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Condition: New
€ 69.34
€ 69.34
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
€ 57.54€ 44.71
€ 57.54
€ 44.71
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Research Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366682
- ISBN
- 9780892366682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.04€ 52.93
€ 69.04
€ 52.93
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300155235
- ISBN
- 9780300155235
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.73
€ 25.99
€ 19.73
Paperback. "The Victorious Youth" is one of very few surviving life-size bronzes from ancient Greece. This book discusses the statue in its ancient context of public memorials, private collectors, market-oriented workshops and long-distance transportation. A complete conservation report is included. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 108 pages, 49 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ABC; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212666
- ISBN
- 9780892364701
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
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: 544.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500204221
- ISBN
- 9780500204221
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 5.70
€ 15.99
€ 5.70
Paperback. Argues for a definition of Celtic art and views it within a wider archaeological context. This title also argues that there were communities in Iron Age Europe that were identified historically as Celts, regarded themselves as Celtic, or who spoke Celtic languages, and that the art of these communities may reasonably be regarded as Celtic art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 black & white halftones, 31 colour illustrations, 64 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415428668
- ISBN
- 9780415428668
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Hardback. Empire of Pleasures presents an evocative and picturesque analysis of the Romans' extraordinary desire for food and wine and how this quest for the luxurious is woven into the literature, art, language and culture. Num Pages: 346 pages, 40 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2AB; 3D; ACG; CFF; DSBB; JFC; WB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 725.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415186247
- ISBN
- 9780415186247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.30
€ 160.30
Paperback. TV tie-in to major BBC series revealing a new history of the Celts and their international legacy today Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3D; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 254.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Quercus Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784293352
- ISBN
- 9781784293352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 5.70
€ 12.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. 144 pages, 130 colour illustrations. The ancient Greeks perceived the human body as an object of sensory delight and its depiction as the expression of an intelligent mind. This photographic book explores ancient Greek sculptures of the body from the various angles. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AGH. Dimension: 266 x 265 x 22. Weight: 1080.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714122687
- ISBN
- 9780714122687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.00€ 19.42
€ 23.00
€ 19.42
hardcover. This collection explores the ancient fountains of Byzantium, Constantinople and Istanbul, reviving the senses of past water cultures. Editor(s): Shilling, Brooke; Stephenson, Paul. Num Pages: 406 pages, 83 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; ACG; AFKB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 184 x 256 x 26. Weight in Grams: 972.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781107105997
- ISBN
- 9781107105997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.91
€ 111.91
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
€ 48.99€ 34.64
€ 48.99
€ 34.64
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
€ 29.99€ 23.59
€ 29.99
€ 23.59
paperback. Series Editor(s): Taylor, John. Series: New Surveys in the Classics. Num Pages: 172 pages, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 27.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780198520818
- ISBN
- 9780198520818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.26
€ 30.99
€ 28.26
hardcover. This book is a comprehensive study of the mausolea of the later Roman emperors. Num Pages: 330 pages, 128 b/w illus. 16 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 182 x 23. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521513715
- ISBN
- 9780521513715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.87
€ 90.87
hardcover. Natalie Kampen examines the ways artists and their elite patrons used family to explore social and political relations. Num Pages: 226 pages, 39 b/w illus. 33 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 187 x 21. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521584470
- ISBN
- 9780521584470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.32
€ 73.32
hardcover. In this study, Lauren Petersen critically investigates the notion of 'freedman art' in scholarship. Num Pages: 312 pages, 140 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 177 x 23. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521858892
- ISBN
- 9780521858892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.82
€ 69.82