This volume brings together scholars of Roman history, archaeology, history of political thought, Italian literature, an......more

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Präsentation und Konstruktion von Vergangenheit in Städten der römischen Kaiserzeit......more

This book explores the ways in which masks and mirrors mediated encounters, enabled performances and effected visual and......more

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This volume constitutes the first attempt at bringing together scholars from Greek literature, Latin literature and arch......more

New discoveries of surviving color on sculpture spanning two millennia and across the globe, from ancient Greece to Teno......more

The director of the Pompeii Archaeological Park offers a vivid view of daily life in the lost city, shares the latest di......more

A stunning look at major Roman marble sculptures in the Torlonia Collection Empire of Images invites the reader to explo......more

Award-winning poet and Oxford Professor of Poetry, A. E. Stallings has gracefully marshaled poetry, personal letters, pa......more

Illustrated with stunning new photography, this catalogue details the J. Paul Getty Museum’s phenomenal holdings of anci......more

Encounters with Greek Art sheds new light on the invention of ancient identities by focusing on encounters between viewe......more

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During the Hellenistic period, the North Aegean Sea was a dynamic and diverse area, linked by robust trading networks an......more

The poetry of the late Roman world has a fascinating history. Sometimes an object of derision, sometimes an object of ad......more

Ancient Bovillae is the first comprehensive study in English about the ancient city south of Rome that flourished for ce......more

A visual journey through an archaeological site with evidence of over 2,000 years of civilization Located at the crossro......more

In this book, Dominus legem dat, labeled the most debated motif in early Christian art, is dealt with in all its differe......more

A captivating examination of the profound impact Thracian art and culture had on the Greeks and the entire northern Aege......more

"The ancient continent of Lemuria holds many keys to our present and future stages of evolution. Through an understandin......more

This book examines the reception of Graeco-Roman sculptures of Venus and their role in the construction of the body aest......more

This volume presents funerary and domestic remains from the Late Helladic (LH) period at the settlement of Lerna, an imp......more

Religious Architecture and Roman Expansion uses architectural terracottas as a lens for examining the changing landscape......more

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In On the Ideal in the Pictorial Arts, Quatremère de Quincy offers one of the most detailed treatments of mimesis since ......more

From the third through the sixth centuries, the binding of Isaac saw a flourish of representation in Christian, Byzantin......more

The collection of ancient Chinese bronzes at the Minneapolis Institute of Art is exceptional in its depth and rarity. It......more

This volume analyzes the iconography of bound foreigners on New Kingdom monuments and artifacts in order to better under......more

Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world. This se......more

Burial and Memorial explores funerary and commemorative archaeology, A.D. 284-650, across the late antique world, from C......more

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Short description: Evidence is presented for restoring the fragmentary wall painting from the Minoan shrine on the islet......more

The colorful art of mosaic vividly illuminating medieval Roman history. Dazzling mosaic pictures made of glittering shar......more

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First published in 1966, Classicism and Romanticism is a collection of important articles originally published in the au......more

This fully revised, new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greec......more

This fully revised, new edition of The Greeks is a concise but wide-ranging introduction to the culture of ancient Greec......more

The debate that has arisen around the concept of the Anthropocene forms the basis of this book. It investigates certain ......more

This interdisciplinary edited volume explores the notion of queenship as it has manifest from antiquity to the present, ......more

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MPER XXXIV, 2 presents knowledge of textile dyeing in Late Antique Egypt (ca. 300-800 CE) based on interdisciplinary res......more

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In the Roman world, wall paintings were one of the most pervasive art forms, adorning buildings of all levels, from publ......more

In the beginning there were Six, not Seven Wonders in the Ancient Greek World. And unlike the later list of Seven Wonder......more

In the beginning there were Six, not Seven Wonders, in the Ancient Greek World. And unlike the later list of Seven Wonde......more

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Sheds new light on the Paris Olympics of 1924, often considered the first international games. From their origins in anc......more

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This book offers the first in-depth study of Attic funerary monuments during the geometric, archaic, and classical perio......more

This volume explores the power of matter and materials in the Eastern Roman Empire, also known as Byzantium. Recent atte......more

New studies on the interaction of various media in ancient Greek art This collection includes twenty-one new essays by l......more

Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the ......more

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many r......more

A Discourse on the Worship of Priapus delves into the intricate relationship between fertility worship and sexuality in ......more

Ancient polychromy speaks a language of "the visible" and "the invisible", through signs of pigments, brushstrokes and f......more

"The story of Ancient India, the vast land that stretches from the Himalayas in the North to the Oceans far south, can b......more

Luwian and the closely related Hittite are the oldest known languages of the Indo-European group. Luwian is written in t......more

"Ancient Art and Ritual" is a book written by Jane Ellen Harrison, a distinguished classical scholar and linguist. The b......more

This study examines the five extant large Imperial cameos of the Early Roman Empire as a coherent whole, revealing that ......more

Numerous Iron-Age nomadic alliances flourished along the 5000-mile Eurasian steppe route. From Crimea to the Mongolian g......more

Mozart’s Youth, is a classical and a rare book, that has been considered important throughout the human history, and so ......more

The Church of St. Polyeuktos is one of the most magnificent, but also most peculiar architectural achievements in Byzant......more

Winner of the Toshihide Numata Book Award in Buddhism of the Center for Buddhist Studies at the University of California......more

From Wilderness to Paradise presents an in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia ......more

Viking Heritage and History in Europe presents new research and perspectives on the use of the Vikings in public history......more

"On the Mediterranean island of Cyprus, four generations of female potters shaped pottery from local clays between 1891 ......more

In this volume, Carolyn M. Laferrière examines Athenian vase-paintings and reliefs depicting the gods most frequently sh......more

New insights from the archaeology and pottery of the sanctuary of Hermes and Aphrodite at Syme Viannou, Crete The Sanctu......more

In the energetic embroidery of India’s rich social legacy, the story of old Indian workmanship unfurls as a demonstratio......more

In Russia, interest in the art of ancient Cyprus dates back to the first half of the 19th century, but since then only a......more

GREEK SCULPTURE By Estelle M. Hurll A short introduction to Ancient Greek sculpture by Estelle M. Hurll, including many ......more

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"An arresting illustrated history of twins in mythology, science, and visual culture. Twins have captivated the imaginat......more

"This collection of [Alan Cameron’s] articles, book chapters, and review articles on Roman art and archaeology was inten......more

The book focuses on the archaeology of the Late Geometric and Early Archaic North-Eastern Aegean through the emergence, ......more

The study of bronzes and other metals from the Athenian Acropolis traditionally has been overshadowed by the emphasis gi......more