Early Christian & Byzantine Art: A&i
ISBN: 9780714831688 / Angielski / Miękka / 448 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the 1320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Conatantinople, and until its fall in 1453 remained a major artistic centre. Under successive emperors and empresses for more than a thousand years, artists, archtects and craftsmen produced superb and intriguing works ranging fom the grandest public buildings to the smallest and most personal items. Today this art is generally termed early Christian and Byzantine.
In the 1320's AD the Emperor Constantine moved the capital of his Empire from Rome to Byzantium, which was renamed Conatantinople, and until its fall ...
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Teotihuacan: An Experiment in Living
ISBN: 9780806128474 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This book is the first comprehensive study and reinterpretation of the unique arts of Teotihuacan, including architecture, sculpture, mural painting, and ceramics. Comparing the arts of Teotihuacan - not previously judged "artistic" - with those of other ancient civilizations, Ester Pasztory demonstrates how they created and reflected the community's ideals. Most people associate the pyramids of central Mexico with the Aztecs, but these colossal constructions antedate the Aztecs by more than a thousand years. The people of Teotihuacan, who built the pyramids as part of a city of... This book is the first comprehensive study and reinterpretation of the unique arts of Teotihuacan, including architecture, sculpture, mural paintin... |
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The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria
ISBN: 9780812236484 / Angielski / Twarda / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The Graven Image Representation in Babylonia and Assyria Zainab Bahrani "A passionate and powerful polemic."--Antiquity "Bahrani opens up the field of discourse for the study of ancient Near Eastern art and brings it into dialogue with current disciplinary trends. . . . The book will stimulate further discussion about the nature(s) of Babylonian and Assyrian representation across the disciplinary divides."--Journal of the American Oriental Society "A welcome addition to the study of the ancient Near East. It breaks away from Eurocentric approaches and tries to do justice to...
The Graven Image Representation in Babylonia and Assyria Zainab Bahrani "A passionate and powerful polemic."--Antiquity "Bahrani opens up the f...
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Classical Drawing Atelier
ISBN: 9780823006571 / Angielski / Twarda / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to classical art training, are based on the nineteenth-century model of teaching artists by pairing them with a master artist over a period of years. Students begin by copying masterworks, then gradually progress to painting as their skills develop. "Classical Drawing Atelier" is an atelier in a book and the master is Juliette Aristides, a classically trained artist. On every page, Aristides uses the works of works of Old Masters and today s most...
Ateliers have produced the greatest artists of all time and now that educational model is experiencing a renaissance. These studios, a return to class...
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Ceramica Y Cultura: The Story of Spanish and Mexican Mayilica
ISBN: 9780826331021 / Angielski / Miękka / 356 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Brought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the enamelled earthenware known as mayolica is decorated with a lead glaze to which tin oxide is added to create an opaque white surface. By the fifteenth century, several areas in Spain were well known throughout Europe for the quality of these ceramics, and with Spain's expansion into the New World the mayolica tradition came into Mexico. There it underwent further changes, notably the use of indigenous design motifs and patterns inspired by Chinese porcelain. Over the next three centuries, the potters of New Spain produced...
Brought to Spain in the thirteenth century by Islamic artisans, the enamelled earthenware known as mayolica is decorated with a lead glaze to which ti...
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Dialects for the Stage
ISBN: 9780878302000 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dialect work is one of the actor's most challenging tasks. Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These and more accents a " from Yiddish to French Canadian a " are clearly explained in Evangeline Machlin's classic work. Now available in a book-and-CD format, Evangeline Machlin's Dialects for the Stage is based on a method of dialect acquisition she developed during her years working with students at Boston University's Division of Theatre. During her long career, Evangeline Machlin trained such actors as Steve McQueen, Lee Grant, Suzanne... Dialect work is one of the actor's most challenging tasks. Need to know a Russian accent? Playing a German countess or a Midwestern farmhand? These... |
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237,17 zł |
Sculpture in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens
ISBN: 9780892366866 / Angielski / Twarda / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This catalogue contains all the sculptures on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, undoubtedly the most important collection of ancient Greek sculptures in the world. Each entry is supplemented by a full bibliography and is written not only for experts but also for the general reading public. A useful short introduction offers readers an overview of ancient Greek sculpture from the Archaic period to the end of Antiquity. Included in this lavishly illustrated volume are the Poseidon of Artemision, a statue of the god brandishing his trident; a marble group of Aphrodite,...
This catalogue contains all the sculptures on display in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, undoubtedly the most important collection of an...
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Looking at Greek and Roman Sculpture in Stone: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
ISBN: 9780892367085 / Angielski / Miękka / 125 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Tool marks and joins, Cycladic and Daedalic styles, and kouroi and kanephoroi are among the many terms pertaining to the study of classical stone sculpture that are succinctly described in this latest addition to the Looking At series. Presented in glossary format, this illustrated book gives concise definitions of the words and phrases most frequently encountered by museum visitors in exhibition labels and texts. Throughout the book, the author focuses on the technical aspects of sculpting that influenced the style and character of the finished works. ancient stone sculpture was produced,...
Tool marks and joins, Cycladic and Daedalic styles, and kouroi and kanephoroi are among the many terms pertaining to the study of classical stone scul...
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90,27 zł |
Secrets of the Serpent: In Search of the Sacred Past
ISBN: 9780977790432 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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59,62 zł |
Living Images: Egyptian Funerary Portraits in the Petrie Museum
ISBN: 9781598742510 / Angielski / Miękka / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The haunting funerary paintings on wood coffins found in Roman Egypt still represent some of the most vivid images that come to us from the ancient world. These paintings were first discovered by Flinders Petrie, father of modern archaeology, in his excavations in the Egyptian Fayum during the 1880s and have rested at University College London for over 100 years. Now, the Petrie Museum is bringing this corpus of paintings to the public in a stunning catalog. Living Images is a beautiful and authoritative presentation of the restored collection that will be an essential reference for scholars...
The haunting funerary paintings on wood coffins found in Roman Egypt still represent some of the most vivid images that come to us from the ancient wo...
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297,74 zł |
Studien zu dem kaiserzeitlichen Quellopferfund von Bad Pyrmont
ISBN: 9783110166002 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 521 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Der 1863 von Rudolph Ludwig geborgene "Pyrmonter Brunnenfund" umfat 250 Fibeln des 1.-4. Jahrhunderts. Nach seiner Entdeckung wurde er uber viele deutsche Sammlungen verstreut. Bis heute hat er weder eine umfassende Bearbeitung noch eine begrundete Einschatzung und Wertung erfahren. Diese Arbeit bereitet zum ersten Mal die gesamte, sehr wechselvolle Geschichte der einzelnen Antiquitaten auf, bestimmt ihre archaologisch-historische Bedeutung und vergleicht die Relevanz dieses Opferkomplexes mit anderen, insbesondere nordeuropaischen Opferplatzen. Der 1863 von Rudolph Ludwig geborgene "Pyrmonter Brunnenfund" umfat 250 Fibeln des 1.-4. Jahrhunderts. Nach seiner Entdeckung wurde er uber viele d... |
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Kontinuität und Diskontinuität
ISBN: 9783110176889 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 451 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Welche Veranderungen gingen mit der romischen Herrschaft am unteren Lauf des Rheins einher? Welche Lebensbereiche blieben von der Romanisierung unberuhrt? Welche Kontinuitaten, welche Bruche lassen sich in Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft und Kultur der Germania inferior feststellen? Geschichtliche Ubergange wie die Anfangs- und die Endphase der romischen Herrschaft sind fur die historischen Wissenschaften Phanomene von besonderer Aussagekraft: So klein die Provinz auch war, weist die Germania inferior doch keine einheitliche Entwicklung auf. Fur Stadt und Land, Nord und Sud und... Welche Veranderungen gingen mit der romischen Herrschaft am unteren Lauf des Rheins einher? Welche Lebensbereiche blieben von der Romanisierung unb... |
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Classical Sculpture: Catalogue of the Cypriot, Greek, and Roman Stone Sculpture in the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and
ISBN: 9781931707848 / Angielski / Twarda / 332 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This first complete published catalogue of one of the most important classical sculpture collections in the United States includes 154 works from Italy, Greece, Cyprus, Asia Minor, North Africa, Roman Syria and Palestine, Egypt, and Babylonia, ranging in date from the late seventh century B.C. to the fourth century A.D. Each piece receives a complete description with measurements and report of condition, a list of the previous published sources, and a commentary reflecting the most recent scholarship, along with extensive photographic documentation. Various audiences will appreciate the... This first complete published catalogue of one of the most important classical sculpture collections in the United States includes 154 works from I... |
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268,31 zł |
Die Personifikation Der Stadt Antiocheia: Ein Neues Bild Für Eine Neue Gottheit
ISBN: 9783110191103 / Angielski / Twarda / 557 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Die Statue der Stadtpersonifikation war rund 800 Jahre lang fur Antiocheia, die Hauptstadt des Seleukidenreiches, von Bedeutung. Aufgestellt im fruhen 3. Jh. v.Chr., verband sie traditionelle mit innovativen und abstrakte mit anschaulichen Zugen. Marion Meyer weist nach, wie zahlreiche Nach- und Abbildungen von der immer wieder aktualisierten Relevanz der Statue selbst sowie vom Erfolg der Bilderfindung zeugen, die fur andere Stadte ubernommen wurde. "
Die Statue der Stadtpersonifikation war rund 800 Jahre lang fur Antiocheia, die Hauptstadt des Seleukidenreiches, von Bedeutung. Aufgestellt im fruhen...
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Greek Vases in New Contexts: Collecting and Trading of Greek Vases an Aspect of Modern Reception of Antiquity
ISBN: 9788772888866 / Angielski / Twarda / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Ever since 1764, when Johan Winckelmann compared the drawings on ancient Greek vases to the work of Renaissance masters, these vases have been among antiquity's most widely collected artefacts. But while recent scholarly interest in the nature of collecting has inspired several studies of individual 18th century vase collections, a broad survey of contemporary activity has been lacking. This volume examines the developments in Greek vase collecting and trading since World War II.
The author employs two approaches to her subject: case studies of eight major museum collections, and analysis... Ever since 1764, when Johan Winckelmann compared the drawings on ancient Greek vases to the work of Renaissance masters, these vases have been among a...
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162,05 zł |
Topography and Architecture
ISBN: 9789004048867 / Angielski / Biblioteczna (library binding) / 154 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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Atlas of Egyptian Art
ISBN: 9789774161209 / Angielski / Miękka / 174 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This enchanted tour of Egyptian art by one of its early explorers is one of the most beautiful modern works on ancient Egyptian art. Prisse d'Avennes' monumental work, first published in Paris over a ten-year period between 1868 and 1878, includes the only surviving record of many lost artifacts.
''None of Prisse's contemporaries had the skill or endurance to bring such an endeavor to such a brilliant end. He was far ahead of his time in his awareness of the vulnerability of the monuments and the need to protect them and to record them. His were the first reliable drawings of Egyptian... This enchanted tour of Egyptian art by one of its early explorers is one of the most beautiful modern works on ancient Egyptian art. Prisse d'Avennes'...
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Dumbarton Oaks: The Collections
ISBN: 9780884023548 / Angielski / Miękka / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes the specialist collections in Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art, along with examples from the Blisses superb European collection, for the first time. When Robert Bliss recalled handling a jade Olmec figurine in 1913, he said, That day, the collector s microbe took root in it must be confessed very fertile soil. The Blisses passion for art bore fruit in a remarkably diverse collection: Flemish tapestries, Renaissance furniture, and paintings by the likes of El... Dumbarton Oaks houses the extraordinary art collection begun by Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss. In this book the museum publishes the specialist c... |
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111,31 zł |
From the Harpy Tomb to the Wonders of Ephesus: British Archaeologists in the Ottoman Empire 1840-1880
ISBN: 9780715637579 / Angielski / Miękka / 204 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. According to a historian of the time, the huge influx of antiquities into the British Museum in the nineteenth century was the result of 'English pertinacity and Oriental cunning'. This book explores the fascinating stories behind the collection of antiquities from the Ottoman Empire between 1840 and 1880. The men who led these collecting expeditions published journals detailing their adventures as well as their archaeologial labours, and this did much to feed Victorian interest in archaeology and the Orient.It was not easy to remove the often monumental, heavy, yet precious and fragile... According to a historian of the time, the huge influx of antiquities into the British Museum in the nineteenth century was the result of 'English p... |
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191,75 zł |
The Elgin Marbles : The Case for Restitution
ISBN: 9781844672523 / Angielski / Miękka / 161 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), designed and executed by Pheidias to adorn the Parthenon, are perhaps the greatest of all classical sculptures. In 1801, Lord Elgin, then ambassador to the Turkish government, had chunks of the frieze sawn off and shipped to England, where they were subsequently seized by Parliament and sold to the British Museum to help pay off his debts. This scandal, exacerbated by the inept handling of the sculptures by their self-appointed guardians, remains... The most powerful case yet made for the return of the Parthenon Marbles
The Parthenon Marbles (formerly known as the Elgin Marbles), design... |
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79,64 zł |