(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: British Museum Press, ISBN-13: 9780714132006)
To the ancient Greeks the human body in sculpture was both an object of sensory delight and an expression of an intelligent mind. From the abstract simplicity of prehistoric Cycladic figurines to later realism, sculptors gave form to thought in a ri...Loe edasi...
Octavia Minor (c. 69--11 BCE) was the elder sister of the first Roman Emperor Augustus, the fourth wife of his ally and subsequent rival Mark Antony, and ancestor of the emperors Caligula, Claudius, and Nero. Such a genealogy positions her squarely a...Loe edasi...
One of David Bowies 100 favourite books I read it voraciously ... it made me want to read the books ... stimulating and compelling Mike White, creator of The White Lotus So brilliant about women, and how...Loe edasi...
This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive exploration of the rich and intricate history of Chinese aesthetics.Through the lens of renowned artist Mo Hen, this book explores themes of simplicity, natural beauty, and the pass...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009295086)
What was race in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds? How did Classics become the province of dead White men? This book explores the different manifestations of race across Graeco-Roman antiquity as well as how the field of Classics became infu...Loe edasi...
What was race in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds? How did Classics become the province of dead White men? This book explores the different manifestations of race across Graeco-Roman antiquity as well as how the field of Classics became infu...Loe edasi...
In this book, Andrew R. Guffey argues that part of the confusion surrounding the book of Revelation stems from the fact it was first and foremost a work to be seen, but that few interpreters address the visuality of the book....Loe edasi...
Sari: The Warren Moon Series in Art and Archaeology
(Ilmumisaeg: 14-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN-13: 9780299355203)
Recent major excavations at a variety of sites associated with Hermogenes have refreshed, invigorated, and refined our understanding of this important Hellenistic architect. Here, in the first volume dedicated to him in more than two decades, new ev...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Apr-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197815076)
The freestanding arch is one of Roman architectures most innovative and distinctive structures, yet little attention has been paid to the first monuments constructed in the city of Rome. The Roman Arch examines the formative period of frees...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197635353)
Ostia, the Roman settlement founded at the mouth of the river Tiber, was the port of the imperial capital and one of the most important urban centers in the Mediterranean world during the last decades of the Roman Republic and the Early and High Empi...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 19-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009407137)
Worlds fairs are among the most significant modern phenomena. Between 1893 and 1915, classical and Egyptian architecture helped create immersive environments at the worlds fairs in Chicago, Nashville, Omaha, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Through t...Loe edasi...
Worlds fairs are among the most significant modern phenomena. Between 1893 and 1915, classical and Egyptian architecture helped create immersive environments at the worlds fairs in Chicago, Nashville, Omaha, St. Louis, and San Francisco. Through t...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 13-Mar-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780197518939)
Octavia: The Life of a Roman Matron Between Antony and Augustus explores Octavias significant role during the transition from the Roman Republic to the Empire. By following Octavias life, it narrates this turbulent period of Roman history...Loe edasi...
This volume explores how precious materials shaped power, identity and cultural exchange in the ancient world from the 7th century BC to early Roman times. Growing out of the British Museum special exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece, it b...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-Nov-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198912804)
Style and Assemblage in Roman Archaeology proposes a rethinking of the way in which objects, styles, concepts, and people relate in archaeological interpretation, using Egyptian and Egyptian-styled objects from the houses of Roman Pompeii as...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Nov-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780192846587)
Epistemic Impressions advances a new history of image-making and art-text relations in classical antiquity. Verity J. Platt traces the concept of the seal-impression (typos) as a model for the making and reproduction of images throu...Loe edasi...
This is the first historical study using Han tombs as expression carriers of religious beliefs to reconstruct the history of religious Daoism of the Han empire....Loe edasi...
