History of the Art of Antiquity, Paperback - Winckelmann

Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been r...

Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching o...

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Reducere. This study of various female deities of Graeco-Roman antiquity is the first to provide evidence that primary goddesses were conceived of as virgin ...

Reducere. DescriptionThis engrossing anthology gathers together a remarkable collection of writings on the use of strategy in war. G rard Chaliand has ranged...

The first exploration of Piranesi's work as a draughtsman, published to coincide with an exhibition at the British Museum.

An innovative approach to the study of an under-appreciated topic of the place of art in ancient religion and will be essential reading for researc...

Hans Delbruck's four-volume History of the Art of War is recognized throughout the world as the definitive work on the subject. Appearing in an Eng...

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Reducere. Distillation is an art. And even an ancient one. It is strange to find that the history of this oldest and still most important method of producing...

Whether Oracles, Seers, Psychics and Sibyls, or Sacred Dancers and Healers, the ancient Temple Priestesses wove a narrative of both realism and myt...

Reducere. Out of all the societies that exist in the world, there is perhaps no other considered to be as mysterious as the Freemasons. Ostensibly a group fo...

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Reducere. Hermits have thrived in every major historical era, geography, culture, and society - from antiquity to the present, East and West, in deserts, for...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): David S. RichesonIllustration(s): 163 b/w illus. 5 tables.Number of pages: 456Publication date: 202...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...There are few places that entice the imagination quite like England...

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From the eighth century through the Middle Ages feudalism determined the nature of European warfare. Medieval Warfare is full of recreations of fam...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of Ancient Greece The culture and events of Greece were so influential they have a significant effect on modern-day...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of England, then keep reading...There are few places that entice the imagination quite like England...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 48 bw illusNumber of pages: 232Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2021...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCIllustration(s): 14 bw illusNumber of pages: 272Collection: The Cultural Histories SeriesPublication date: 2022...

Are copies of Greek and Roman masterpieces as important as the originals they imitate?

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The last great war of antiquity was fought on an unprecedented scale along the full length of the Persian-Roman frontier. James Howard-Johnston pie...

Reducere. In The Art of the Jewish Family, Laura Arnold Leibman examines five objects owned by a diverse group of Jewish women who all lived in New York in t...

Considers developments including the use of gunpowder, the invention of firearms and iron balls. After reviewing the establishment of a European in...

Now in a fully revised and updated edition, this engaging text provides a concise history of Korea from the beginning of human settlement in the re...

Now in a fully revised and updated edition including new primary sources and illustrations, this comprehensive book surveys Korean history from Neo...

This short history of history is an ideal introduction for courses on the historian's craft, historical theory and method, and historiography. It s...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Europe, then keep reading...Five captivating manuscripts in one book: European History: A Captiv...

Reducere. *Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Lying in the middle of a plain in m...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Peter BrownIllustration(s): 113 Illustrations, black and white; 17 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 21...

aeo Highly original and innovative account of the history of humour through the ages from Antiquity to the present day. aeo Includes accounts of jo...

How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be s...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Johanna DruckerIllustration(s): 100 halftonesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensi...

Reducere. If you want to discover the captivating history of Greece, then keep reading...Three captivating manuscripts in one book: History of Greece: A Capt...

Reducere. China's extraordinary rise as an economic powerhouse in the past two decades poses a challenge to many long-held assumptions about the relationship...

Reducere. Description*Includes pictures *Includes ancient accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Africa may have given ri...

In the three works in this volume, On the Constitution of the Art of Medicine, The Art of Medicine, and A Method of Medicine to Glaucon, the physic...

Reducere. 1. Polka Dots And Moonbeams2. Autumn In New York3. My Old Flame4. Alone Together5. I Should Care6. When Lights Are Low7. Stairway To The Stars8. In...

For the next work, van Sambeek chooses not the famous examples by Mozart, Hummel or Weber, but a charming concerto by the little known, but highly ...