William Aylward, Jacques des Courtils, Bonna D. Wescoat
Sari: The Warren Moon Series in Art and Archaeology
(Ilmumisaeg: 30-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Wisconsin Press, ISBN-13: 9780299350109)
During the Hellenistic period, the North Aegean Sea was a dynamic and diverse area, linked by robust trading networks and sometimes precarious political allegiances. The islands of Thasos, Samothrace, and Lesbos in particular played crucial roles in...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 20-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199383511)
The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different enviro...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: 01-Sep-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Baylor University Press, ISBN-13: 9781481321631)
In the fourth and fifth centuries CE, Christian artistry began to flourish, as elite patrons sponsored decorative initiatives for basilica churches throughout the Mediterranean basin. But what about the first three centuries? Living prior to the C...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009505765)
Images in relief pervaded ancient visual culture from the archaic Greek to the Christian era. This book traces their significance across the chronological and geographic borders of the ancient world, and demonstrates the ubiquity, fluidity, and powe...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...
(Ilmumisaeg: 22-Aug-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199383535)
The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the Mediterranean, the different enviro...Loe edasi...
The unique relationship between word and image in ancient Egypt is a defining feature of that ancient cultures records. All hieroglyphic texts are composed of images, and large-scale figural imagery in temples and tombs is often accompanied by texts...Loe edasi...
The Oxford Handbook of Roman Imagery and Iconography offers a comprehensive overview of visual imagery in the Roman world, examined by context and period, and the evolving scholarly traditions of iconographic analysis and visual semiotics that have...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 31-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Cambridge University Press, ISBN-13: 9781009502122)
In The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World, Patricia Eunji Kim examines the visual and material cultures of Hellenistic queens, the royal and dynastic women who served as subjects and patrons of art. Exploring evidence in the interconnected eas...Loe edasi...
Thomas J. Nelson, Giuseppe Pezzini, Stefano Rebeggiani
(Ilmumisaeg: 23-Jul-2025, Hardback, Kirjastus: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780198912040)
The first comprehensive study of Romes relationship with the kingdom and city of Pergamon (modern-day Bergama in Turkey) from the late third century BC to the fourth century AD across multiple cultural spheres (art and architecture, history and poli...Loe edasi...
Reaching beyond politics and law, this book focuses on Thomas Jefferson as an aesthetic classicist. Jefferson embraced the influence of antiquity through his adoption of classical architecture in his Virginia residences, in order to...Loe edasi...
A wide-ranging synthesis of decades worth of specialized research and remarkable archaeological discoveries, this book is essential reading for anyone interested in how and why the ancient imperial capital transformed into the spiritual heart of We...Loe edasi...
Exploring the intriguing interplay between tradition and modernity in the 19th-century capitals of London, Athens and Rome, Richard Alston delves into the political and architectural choices that shaped these cities as representations of self-consci...Loe edasi...
This book analyses the iconography of dogs in Athenian art, highlighting their roles as companions, hunters, pets, and status symbols. It explores their presence in various aspects of ancient Greek life, their association with gods and heroes, and th...Loe edasi...
Early medieval stone sculptures survive across Europe: at waysides, in architectural settings and in churches and graveyards, and provide an exceptional source for understanding the aesthetics and beliefs of early medieval communities. England is no...Loe edasi...
