wyszukanych pozycji: 30
Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day
ISBN: 9780691217444 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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109,83 zł |
Systemic Thinking: Building Maps for Worlds of Systems
ISBN: 9781118376461 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. "Systemic thinking" is the process of understanding how systems influence one another within a world of systems and has been defined as an approach to problem solving by viewing "problems" as parts of an overall system, rather than reacting to a specific part, outcome, or event. This book provides a complete overview of systemic thinking, exploring a framework and graphical technique for understanding and identifying new ways to more efficiently solve problems and create solutions. Demystifying the conjunction of systems concepts and systemic diagramming techniques, this comprehensive... "Systemic thinking" is the process of understanding how systems influence one another within a world of systems and has been defined as an approach... |
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153,49 zł |
On the Fascination of Objects: Greek and Etruscan Art in the Shefton Collection
ISBN: 9781785700064 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The Shefton Collection in Newcastle upon Tyne contains a fine array of Greek and Etruscan objects and takes its name from its founder Professor Brian Shefton (1919 - 2012). In spite of the importance of this collection it has not been widely published and remains something of a hidden gem. Brian Shefton was an insightful collector, as well as a distinguished scholar of Greek and Etruscan archaeology, and the 14 papers presented here reflect the broad scope of the collection; ranging across pottery, jewelery, terracottas and metalwork. The contributions, written by leading experts in the...
The Shefton Collection in Newcastle upon Tyne contains a fine array of Greek and Etruscan objects and takes its name from its founder Professor Brian ...
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329,49 zł |
Systems Thinking: Coping with 21st Century Problems
ISBN: 9781420054910 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Linking concepts and software tools to examples from technology, business management, and socio-political systems, Systems Thinking explores new ways of thinking about systems. The book steers readers through modern systems problems and identifies present opportunities, placing particular emphasis on systems complexity. It features a wide range of case studies and results from collaborative projects that combine patterns of thinking from various disciplines and domains. This essential text offers detailed treatment of systems, making use of original research by the authors, and includes an...
Linking concepts and software tools to examples from technology, business management, and socio-political systems, Systems Thinking explores new ways ...
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547,77 zł |
Greek Art
ISBN: 9780500204337 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) John Boardman, one of the best known and acknowledged scholars of the classical Greek world, has updated his definitive survey of its arts, the most influential and widely known historic artistic tradition of the Old World. In the twenty years since the last edition was released, valuable evidence has come to light which has dramatically enhanced our understanding of the arts of ancient Greece and their influence. It is now known that Greek artists completed their stone sculptures with realistic color, as well as working with a wealth of other materials. This proves that the romantic... John Boardman, one of the best known and acknowledged scholars of the classical Greek world, has updated his definitive survey of its arts, the mos... |
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66,86 zł |
Periglacial Processes and Landforms in Britain and Ireland
ISBN: 9780521169127 / Angielski / Miękka / 2011 / 308 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. This 1987 book examines the intimate link between periglacial geomorphology and the fluctuating climates of the Quaternary Period in the British Isles. In the last two million years, ice sheets have covered northern Britain several times. In the south, at the limit of the glaciation, intense frost action and the formation of permafrost have influenced past and present landscapes. The first part of the book looks at areas of the world that have climates similar to periglacial Britain: Scandinavia, the Canadian Arctic, and alpine regions. Contributors then present data on periglacial landforms...
This 1987 book examines the intimate link between periglacial geomorphology and the fluctuating climates of the Quaternary Period in the British Isles...
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322,22 zł |
The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems [now at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston] by J.D. Beazley, Student of Christ Church, 1920
ISBN: 9781841714530 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 196 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'Beazley treated the gems, rings and cameos listed in this volume as monuments deserving as much attention in description of detail, even to the forms of letters in inscriptions, as any other work of art'. First published in 1920, and now re-published here, this volume reproduces Beazley's dscriptions and commentary on the Lewes House Collection of intaglios and cameos sold to the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston from the collection of Edward Perry Warren. The collection includes objects of Cretan, Mycenaean, Phoenician, Greek, Hellenistic, Etruscan, Roman and Renaissance origins all of which...
'Beazley treated the gems, rings and cameos listed in this volume as monuments deserving as much attention in description of detail, even to the forms...
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219,66 zł |
The Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volumes 5 and 6
ISBN: 9780521233491 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume is in part a complement to The Cambridge Ancient History Volumes 5 and 6, but it has also been designed as an independent work that can serve any reader with an interest in the art and archaeology of the period. There are over 300 illustrated items, each with a commentary on its subject and significance. Major sections treat art and architecture; the rest are oriented to subjects on which archaeology rather than texts sheds light: the economy and trade, social and civic life in Athens, religion, the theater, warfare and coinage.
This volume is in part a complement to The Cambridge Ancient History Volumes 5 and 6, but it has also been designed as an independent work that can se...
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727,88 zł |
Classical Phoenician Scarabs: A catalogue and study
ISBN: 9781841715568 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 142 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Between the 6th and 4th centuries BC, Phoenician workshops produced green jasper scarabs which demonstrated both Greek and Persian influences. This volume presents a fully illustrated catalogue of examples drawn from across the area of Phoenician influence, including Spain, Sardinia, North Africa and theEastern Mediterranean. The scarabs, which are held in collections worldwide, are catalogued according to their cultural influences: Egyptian, Levantine, Hellenistic and miscellaneous. Within each of these four groups the scarabs are organised iconographically, with scenes including beetles,...
Between the 6th and 4th centuries BC, Phoenician workshops produced green jasper scarabs which demonstrated both Greek and Persian influences. This vo...
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336,36 zł |
The Cambridge Ancient History: Plates to Volume 4
ISBN: 9780521305808 / Angielski / Twarda / 1988 / 260 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book of plates can be used either as a companion to Volume IV or as an independent, illustrated account of the period, and of the evidence of Greek civilization and culture as it encountered the Persian empire and struggled for its freedom. Detailed commentary accompanies a full pictoral survey of the art and archaeology of the Persian empire and its provinces, from Tthrace to India. The section on Greece concentrates on late Archaic Athens, immediately before the Persian wars, and considers cultural progress as evidence of various aspects of Greek life and society. The fortunes of the...
This book of plates can be used either as a companion to Volume IV or as an independent, illustrated account of the period, and of the evidence of Gre...
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727,88 zł |
Greek Sculpture: The Archaic Period
ISBN: 9780500201633 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. For most people there is no more satisfying expression of Greek art than its sculpture. It was the first, the only ancient art to break free from conceptual conventions for representing men and animals, and to explore consciously how art might imitate or even improve upon it. The first stages of this discovery, from the semi-abstract beginnings in the eighth century BC to the more representational art of the early fifth century, are explored and illustrated in this handbook.
For most people there is no more satisfying expression of Greek art than its sculpture. It was the first, the only ancient art to break free from conc...
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135,19 zł |
John Boardman on the Parthenon
ISBN: 9780500027264 / Twarda / 2024 / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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67,06 zł |
Athenian Black Figure Vases
ISBN: 9780500201381 / Angielski / Miękka / 1985 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Athenian black figure vases bear the work of consummate artists like Exekias, who depicted on them scenes of myth and everyday life that deepen our knowledge and understanding of Greek antiquity. John Boardman enables the reader to study the many aspects of the vases, and to grasp the essential style of a painter or group of painters, without having to consult a number of expensive, and not always easily accessible, publications. A final section is devoted to the mythological scenes and other decorative features of the vases.
Athenian black figure vases bear the work of consummate artists like Exekias, who depicted on them scenes of myth and everyday life that deepen our kn...
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130,82 zł |
The Relief Plaques of Eastern Eurasia and China: The 'Ordos Bronzes', Peter the Great's Treasure, and their kin
ISBN: 9781407306872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 'The 'Ordos bronzes' are well known to collectors and many museums, named for the many finds in and around the Ordos plateau in north China. They are ...the subject of many catalogues and parts of catalogues of collections and] have much to tell of contacts and of iconographic inspiration passing, in both directions, from China and from the Steppes... I am dealing with what are generally regarded as belt plaques, not the many animal-only 'Ordos bronzes' of various forms and attachments, which may have been applied to harness or dress or furniture, and which are equally numerous; nor with... 'The 'Ordos bronzes' are well known to collectors and many museums, named for the many finds in and around the Ordos plateau in north China. They a... |
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322,62 zł |
The Diffusion of Classical Art in Antiquity
ISBN: 9780691252834 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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208,68 zł |
The Greeks in Asia
ISBN: 9780500252130 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. John Boardman examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture on peoples--Anatolians, Levantines, Persians, Asiatics, Indians, and Chinese--whose civilizations were far older, with their own strong traditions in government, the arts, and daily life The Greeks were not empire builders. They did not seek to conquer or rule. However, they were highly literate and adept at trade; they spread a monetary economy through Eurasia; their religion was easily adapted to that of others; their art developed a narrative form that was to...
John Boardman examines a wealth of art and artifacts as well as literary sources to reveal the remarkable influence of Greek culture on peoples--Anato...
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175,73 zł |
The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World
ISBN: 9780192801371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 536 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, the classical Greek world established the foundations of our culture as well as many of its most enduring achievements.
Now, in this vivid volume, readers can embrace the spirit of the classical world, from the eighth to the first centuries B.C., a period unparalleled in history for its brilliance in literature, philosophy, and the visual arts. This work also treats the Hellenization of the Middle East by the monarchies established in the... From the epic poems of Homer to the glittering art and architecture of Greece's Golden Age, to the influential Roman systems of law and leadership, th...
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82,55 zł |
Alexander the Great: From His Death to the Present Day
ISBN: 9780691181752 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 176 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. |
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192,20 zł |
Masterpieces in Miniature: Engraved Gems from Prehistory to the Present
ISBN: 9781781300626 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation.
The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation.
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219,66 zł |
Modelling Soil Erosion by Water
ISBN: 9783642637872 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 531 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. TO THE MODEL EVALUATION 1. MODELLING SOIL EROSION BY WATER l 2 John Boardman and David Favis-Mortlock 1 School of Geography and Environmental Change Unit Mansfield Road University of Oxford Oxford OX1 3TB UK 2 Environmental Change Unit University of Oxford 5 South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3UB UK Introduction This volume is the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop 'Global Change: Modelling Soil Erosion by Water', which was held on II-14th September 1995, at the University of Oxford, UK. The meeting was also one of a series organised by the IGBP 1 GCTE Soil Erosion Network, which is...
TO THE MODEL EVALUATION 1. MODELLING SOIL EROSION BY WATER l 2 John Boardman and David Favis-Mortlock 1 School of Geography and Environmental Change U...
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194,97 zł |