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Representations of War in Ancient Rome by Sheila Dillon 9780521848176
RRP: €101.15€92.34War suffused Roman life to a degree unparalleled in other ancient societies. Through a combination of obsessive discipline and frenzied (though carefully orchestrated) brutality, Rome's armies conquered most of the lands stretching from Scotland to... -
The Roman Imperial Mausoleum in Late Antiquity by Mark J. Johnson 9780521513715
RRP: €107.10€96.90This book is the first comprehensive study of the mausolea of the later Roman emperors. Constructed between c.AD 244 and 450 and bridging the transition from paganism to Christianity within the empire, these important buildings shared a common design,... -
Vitruvian Man: Rome under Construction by John Oksanish 9780190696986
RRP: €85.68€77.98Professionalism is political. This book offers a new assessment of the Roman architect Vitruvius and his treatise, On Architecture, dedicated to Augustus in the 20s BCE. Once reviled by scholars, Vitruvius emerges as an imperial expert par excellence... -
Domesticating Empire: Egyptian Landscapes in Pompeian Gardens by Caitlin Eilis Barrett 9780190641351
RRP: €116.62€106.04Domesticating Empire is the first contextually-oriented monograph on Egyptian imagery in Roman households. Caitlin Barrett draws on case studies from Flavian Pompeii to investigate the close association between representations of Egypt and a particular... -
Pompeiana 2 Volume Paperback Set: The Topography, Edifices and Ornaments of Pompeii, the Result of Excavations Since 1819 William Gell 9781108012560
€57.02Sir William Gell (1777-1836) was a British archaeologist well known for his drawings of sites and objects of classical interest. Gell published this new, two-volume edition of his Pompeiana in 1832, in an effort to describe the latest archaeological... -
Understanding Early Christian Art by Robin M. Jensen 9781032105505
RRP: €160.65€140.04Lavishly illustrated, now in full colour, allowing students and scholars to clearly visualise early Christian art in a variety of media from mosaics and wall paintings to sculpted objects.Parallel text accompanies the images discussed in the book, making... -
The Riace Bronzes by Luigi Spina 9791254600139
RRP: €41.65€26.69This publication was designed to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of the Riace Bronzes. In it, Luigi Spina's photographic research dialogues with the texts written by Carmelo Malacrino. The photographer here develops a continued... -
The Greek Vase - Art of the Storyteller by Oakley
€36.30Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606061473Author . OakleyFormat HardbackPage Count 114Imprint Getty PublicationsPublisher Getty Trust PublicationsWeight(grams) 1138gDimensions(mm) 266mm... -
Barbaric Splendour: The Use of Image Before and After Rome by Toby F. Martin
€55.89Barbaric Splendour: the use of image before and after Rome comprises a collection of essays comparing late Iron Age and Early Medieval art. Though this is an unconventional approach, there are obvious grounds for comparison. Images from both periods... -
The Survey of Memphis X: Kom Rabia: The Blue-Painted Pottery Colin A. Hope 9780856982330
RRP: €77.34€72.51This volume presents the blue-painted pottery from the EES excavations at Kom Rabia, one of the few specific site collections that spans the entire period of manufacture of this distinctive type of ceramics. All of the fragments studied by the author are... -
Forgery Beyond Deceit: Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome by John North Hopkins
RRP: €119.00€107.70What do forgeries do? Forgery Beyond Deceit: Fabrication, Value, and the Desire for Ancient Rome explores that question with a focus on forgery in ancient Rome and of ancient Rome. Its chapters reach from antiquity to the twentieth century and cover... -
The World of Disney: From Antiquarianism to Archaeology by David W. J. Gill
€39.75Dr John Disney (1779-1857) was the benefactor of the first chair in archaeology at a British university. He also donated his major collection to the University of Cambridge. The sculptures continue to be displayed in the Fitzwilliam Museum. The Disney... -
Nectar and Illusion: Nature in Byzantine Art and Literature by Henry Maguire
RRP: €44.02€40.20Nature and Illusion is the first extended treatment of the portrayal of nature in Byzantine art and literature. In this richly illustrated study, Henry Maguire shows how the Byzantines embraced terrestrial creation in the decoration of their churches... -
The Language of Images in Roman Art by Tonio Holscher
RRP: €41.64€34.93This book, first published in 2004, develops a theory for the understanding of Roman pictorial art. By treating Roman art as a semantic system it establishes a connection between artistic forms and the ideological messages contained within. The history... -
Beyond the Nile - Egypt and the Classical World Jeffrey Spier 9781606065518
RRP: €65.45€57.23From about 2000 BCE onward, Egypt served as an important nexus for cultural exchange in the eastern Mediterranean, importing and exporting not just wares but also new artistic techniques and styles. Egyptian, Greek, and Roman craftsmen imitated one... -
Tree of Pearls: The Extraordinary Architectural Patronage of the 13th-Century Egyptian Slave-Queen Shajar al-Durr by D. Fairchild Ruggles
RRP: €36.88€27.19Shajar al-Durr--known as "Tree of Pearls"--began her remarkable career as a child slave, given as property to the Ayyubid Sultan Salih of Egypt. She became his favorite concubine, was manumitted, became the sultan's wife, served as governing regent, and... -
A Catalogue of the Sculpture Collection at Wilton House by Peter Stewart 9781789696554
€109.81The Wilton House sculptures constituted one of the largest and most celebrated collections of ancient art in Europe. Originally comprising some 340 works, the collection was formed around the late 1710s and 1720s by Thomas Herbert, the eccentric 8th Earl... -
House of the Surgeon, Pompeii: Excavations in the Casa del Chirurgo (VI 1, 9-10.23) by Michael Anderson 9781785707285
€98.27The House of the Surgeon represents the first major publication of an important series of excavations undertaken by the Anglo-American Project in Pompeii (1994-2006) at the ancient city of Pompeii in a city block known as Insula VI 1. This is one of the... -
The Architecture of Roman Temples: The Republic to the Middle Empire by John W. Stamper 9780521723718
RRP: €47.59€39.58This book examines the development of Roman temple architecture from its earliest history in the sixth century BC to the reigns of Hadrian and the Antonines in the second century AD. Although archaeologists, architects, and historians have studied the... -
Roman Art: A Guide through The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Collection by Paul Zanker
RRP: €47.54€35.56The collection of Roman art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the finest in the world. It contains more than 5,000 objects, including exquisite cameos, refined silver vessels and utensils, spectacular Pompeiian frescoes, monumental sculptures... -
The Two Eyes of the Earth: Art and Ritual of Kingship between Rome and Sasanian Iran by Matthew P. Canepa 9780520294837
RRP: €35.70€28.19This pioneering study examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, it investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. Bridging the... -
Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans: Visual Representation and Non-Elite Viewers in Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 315 by John R. Clarke 9780520248151
RRP: €45.22€36.90This splendidly illustrated book brings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the freeborn working poor. Though they had no access to the upper echelons of society, ordinary Romans... -
Art and Identity in Dark Age Greece, 1100-700 BC by Susan Langdon 9780521171922
RRP: €53.54€45.86This book explores how art and material culture were used to construct age, gender and social identity in the Greek Early Iron Age, 1100-700 BCE. Coming between the collapse of the Bronze Age palaces and the creation of Archaic city-states, these four... -
Knowledge Networks and Craft Traditions in the Ancient World: Material Crossovers Katharina Rebay-Salisbury 9780367868413
RRP: €47.59€41.72This edited volume investigates knowledge networks based on materials and associated technologies in Prehistoric Europe and the Classical Mediterranean. It emphasises the significance of material objects to the construction, maintenance, and collapse of... -
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Sculpture by Elise A Friedland 9780190887001
RRP: €52.94€49.48The study of Roman sculpture has been an essential part of the disciplines of Art History and Classics since the eighteenth century. Famous works like the Laocooen, the Arch of Titus, and the colossal portrait of Constantine are familiar to millions... -
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard 9780691225876
RRP: €23.80€18.66From the bestselling author of SPQR: A History of Ancient Rome, the fascinating story of how images of Roman autocrats have influenced art, culture, and the representation of power for more than 2,000 yearsWhat does the face of power look like? Who gets... -
Knidos: Memories of Aphrodite by Richard Hodges 9781899694877
RRP: €21.36€13.41Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781899694877Author Richard HodgesFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Brick Tower PressPublisher Brick Tower PressWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Landscape and Space: Comparative Perspectives from Chinese, Mesoamerican, Ancient Greek, and Roman Art by Jas Elsner 9780192845955
RRP: €89.25€89.13Landscape has been a key theme in world archaeology and trans-cultural art history over the last half century, particularly in the study of painting in art history and in all questions of human intervention and the placement of monuments in the natural... -
Anteros: A Forgotten Myth by Craig E. Stephenson
RRP: €51.16€44.73Anteros: A Forgotten Myth explores how the myth of Anteros disappears and reappears throughout the centuries, from classical Athens to the present day, and looks at how the myth challenges the work of Freud, Lacan, and Jung, among others. It examines the... -
Old Age in Greek and Roman Art by Susan B Matheson
RRP: €59.50€52.42A comprehensive look at ancient sculptures, wall paintings, vases, and more depicting the elderly in Greek and Roman society Some of the most vivid portraits in ancient art depict older members of society. In marble and bronze sculptures, on coins and... -
The Iranian Expanse: Transforming Royal Identity through Architecture, Landscape, and the Built Environment, 550 BCE–642 CE by Matthew P. Canepa
RRP: €40.46€33.28The Iranian Expanse explores how kings in Persia and the ancient Iranian world utilized the built and natural environment to form and contest Iranian cultural memory, royal identity, and sacred cosmologies. Investigating over a thousand years of history,... -
What Shall I Say of Clothes?: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches to the Study of Dress in Antiquity by Megan Cifarelli 9781931909341
RRP: €26.18€24.59The essays in this volume engage explicitly in a variety of theoretical and methodological strategies for the interpretation of dress, dressed bodies, and their representations in the ancient world. Authors draw from a wide range of disciplinary... -
The Art of Rome c.753 B.C.-A.D. 337: Sources and Documents by Jerome Jordan Pollitt
RRP: €47.59€39.58This book consists of a comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled together in translation and provided with linking passages to set the historical context. Its purpose is to make this evidence accessible to... -
The Material Life of Roman Slaves by Sandra R. Joshel 9780521139571
RRP: €46.40€38.89The Material Life of Roman Slaves is a major contribution to scholarly debates on the archaeology of Roman slavery. Rather than regarding slaves as irretrievable in archaeological remains, the book takes the archaeological record as a key form of... -
The Art of Ancient Greece: Sources and Documents by Jerome Jordan Pollitt 9780521273664
RRP: €45.21€37.26Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
A Shorter History of Greek Art by Martin Robertson 9780521280846
RRP: €47.59€42.38First published in 1981, this is the shorter work of the two volume set A History of Greek Art, intended for a general readership. The abbreviation has been achieved by the selection of fewer objects for discussion rather than by a more summary treatment... -
Athens and Persia in the Fifth Century BC: A Study in Cultural Receptivity by Margaret C. Miller 9780521607582
RRP: €53.54€45.86It is a commonplace of modern scholarship that the Athenians hated and despised the Persians, but the claims of contempt are disproved by the evidence of archaeology, epigraphy, iconography and literature, all of which reveal some facet of Athenian... -
Drawing the Greek Vase by Caspar Meyer
RRP: €98.77€89.65How have two-dimensional images of ancient Greek vases shaped modern perceptions of these artefacts and of the classical past? This is the first scholarly volume devoted to the exploration of drawings, prints, and photographs of Greek vases in modernity... -
Sculpture and Coins: Margarete Bieber as Scholar and Collector by Carmen Arnold-Biucchi 9780674428379
RRP: €30.88€28.89This volume addresses the question of the relation between sculpture and coins-or large statuary and miniature art-in the private and public domain. It originates in the Harvard Art Museums 2011 Ilse and Leo Mildenberg interdisciplinary symposium... -
The Ancient View of Greek Art: Criticism, History, and Terminology by Jerome Jordan Pollitt 9780300015973
€48.78What did the ancient Greeks think about their own art? J.J. Pollitt attempts to answer this question by studying the critical terminology of the ancient Greeks-the terms they used to describe and evaluate sculpture, painting, and architecture. Although...