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1	Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec more books like this by Mary Ellen Miller add to wishlist This up-to-date account of the art and architecture of ancient Mesoamerica evocatively summarizes the artistic achievements of the high pre-Columbian civilizations--Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Aztec--as well as of their less-famous contemporaries. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £1.24! \| first editions
2	Greek Art & Archaeology more books like this by John G Pedley add to wishlist A comprehensive survey of Greek art covering 3,000 years. see all copies from £6.00! new only from £30.53! \| first editions
3	A History of Roman Art more books like this by Fred S Kleiner add to wishlist A HISTORY OF ROMAN ART is a new authoritative and lavishly-illustrated survey of the art of Rome and the Roman Empire from the time of Romulus to the death of Constantine, presented in its historical, political, and social context. All aspects of Roman art and architecture are treated, including private art and domestic architecture, the art of ... see all copies from £43.34! new only from £44.68! \| first editions
4	Roman Art: Romulus to Constantine more books like this by Nancy H Ramage, Andrew Ramage add to wishlist Ideal for readers who are studying Roman art for the first time, this exceptionally well-illustrated volume explores Roman art in the traditional historical manner--with a focus on painting, sculpture, architecture, and minor arts. It assumes no prior acquaintance with the classical world, and explains the necessary linguistic, historical, ... see all copies from £2.47! new only from £26.17! \| first editions
5	Loot: The Battle Over the Stolen Treasures of the Ancient World more books like this by Sharon Waxman add to wishlist Why are the Elgin Marbles in London and not on the Acropolis? Why do there seem to be as many mummies in France as there are in Egypt? Why are so many Etruscan masterworks in America? For the past two centuries, the West has been plundering the treasures of the ancient world to fill its great museums, but in recent years, the countries where ... see all copies from £9.35! new only from £12.10! \| first editions
6	Reading Egyptian Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Egyptian Painting and Sculpture more books like this by Richard H Wilkinson add to wishlist The legacy of Egyptian art, from colossal statues to finely wrought jewellery and minuscule charms, can appear deceptively simple. Without knowledge of the hieroglyphic images incorporated in the art, much remains obscure. Here is an introduction to the symbolic language of hieroglyphs: a directory of the one hundred signs used most often in ... see all copies from £9.32! new only from £12.89! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art more books like this by Thomas F Mathews add to wishlist Between the third and sixth centuries, the ancient gods, goddesses, and heroes who had populated the imagination of humankind for a millennium were replaced by a new imagery of Christ and his saints. Thomas Mathews explores the many different, often surprising, artistic images and religious interpretations of Christ during this period. He ... see all copies from £14.34! new only from £24.15! \| first editions
8	Costumes of the Greeks and Romans more books like this by Thomas Hope add to wishlist Carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, these early-19th-century classic line renderings combine unusual clarity of style with unquestioned authenticity. Over 700 illustrations depict all classes and occupations. see all copies from £7.16! new only from £7.16! \| first editions
9	Mysteries of the Snake Goddess: Art, Desire, and the Forging of History more books like this by Kenneth D S Lapatin add to wishlist A fascinating tale of archaeological detective work reveals that some of the most prized relics of Bronze Age Crete are in fact modern forgeries. Not only is one of the most famous pieces of ancient Greek art-the celebrated gold and ivory statuette of the Snake Goddess-almost certainly modern, but Minoan civilization as it has been popularly ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £6.70! \| first editions
10	The Art of Greece and Rome more books like this by Susan Woodford add to wishlist In The Art of Greece and Rome Susan Woodford illuminates the great achievements of classical art and architecture and conveys a sense of the excitement that fired the creative artists of the ancient world. The Greeks were quick to challenge time-honored styles and, stimulated by the problems that sometimes emerged from their daring innovations, ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £16.83! \| first editions
11 view cover	Jade in Ancient Costa Rica more books like this by Julie Jones (Introduction by), Juan Vicente Guerrero add to wishlist A review of current information on the jades and in their archaeological context, images and relationship to the jades of Mexico and the Maya area. see all copies from £9.48! new only from £9.48!
12 view cover	Hatshepsut: From Queen to Pharaoh more books like this by Catharine H Roehrig (Editor), Renee Dreyfus, Cathleen A Keller add to wishlist The female pharaoh Hatshepsut reigned for nearly twenty years during Egypt's early New Kingdom in the fifteenth century B.C. First acting as regent for her young nephew/stepson Thutmose III, she eventually assumed the title of king and exercised the full powers of the throne as senior co-ruler. In accordance with Egyptian tradition, Hatshepsut was ... see all copies from £14.34! new only from £30.81! \| first editions
13 view cover	Art of Rome, C. 753 B.C.-A.D. 337: Sources and Documents more books like this by J J Pollitt add to wishlist This book consists of a comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled together in translation and provided with linking passages to set the historical context. Its purpose is to make this evidence accessible to students who are not specialists in the classical languages or classical archaeology. The ... see all copies from £12.78! new only from £19.48!
14 view cover	The Art of Ancient Egypt more books like this by Gay Robins add to wishlist From the grandeur of the Great Pyramid to a face etched on an amulet, this book conducts the reader through the world of Egyptian art. It asks questions such as what did art and the architecture that housed it, mean to the ancient Egyptians and why did they invest so much wealth and effort into its production? To answer these questions, the book ... see all copies from £6.40! new only from £16.75! \| first editions
15 view cover	Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in the Metropolitan Museum of Art more books like this by Vassos Karageorghis, John R Mertens, Marice R Rose add to wishlist This work brings together some 500 objects from the Cesnola Collection of Cypriot art at Metropolitan Museum of Art. The works include glass, stone sculpture, figurines, terracotta and jewellery from the prehistoric, Archaic, Classical/Hellenistic and Roman periods. see all copies from £9.85! new only from £9.85! \| first editions
16 view cover	Greek Art A&i more books like this by Nigel Spivey add to wishlist This account of Greek art (c3000-c100BC) sets the formation of the Classical style in its historical context. The paticular social, political and religious factors involved in the patronage of buildings, sculpture and paintings are explored. The development of Greek art is traced from antecedents in Minoan and Mycenaean times to the Hellenistic ... see all copies from £9.21! new only from £12.35! \| first editions
17 view cover	New Ireland: Ritual Arts of Oceania in the Collections of the Barbier-Mueller Museum more books like this by Mus Ee Barbier-M Uller, Michael Gunn, Pierre-Alain Ferrazzini (Photographer) add to wishlist New Ireland, a long and fertile land in island Melanesia, has been the source of some of the most remarkable artworks to come out of the Pacific region. It has been inhabited by humans for at least 33,000 years, and although there is very little evidence to show how long New Irelanders have been producing works of art, it is likely that the ... see all copies from £19.89! new only from £25.24! \| first editions
18 view cover	Bearers of Meaning: The Classical Orders in Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and the Renaissance more books like this by John Onians add to wishlist For all those interested in the relationship between ideas and the built environment, John Onians provides a lively illustrated account of the range of meanings that western culture has assigned to the Classical orders. Onians shows that during the two thousand years from their first appearance in ancient Greece through their codification in ... see all copies from £12.59! new only from £35.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
19 view cover	The Greek Miracle: Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy: The Fifth Century B.C. more books like this by Diana Buitron-Oliver add to wishlist The golden age in ancient Greece which gave rise to a new tradition of democratic government that is still a model for the world today, also yielded unprecedented artistic creativity of a quality that has never been surpassed. Published to acdcompany a 1993 exhibition at The Metropolitam Museum of Art, The Greek Miracle contains over 40 ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £13.59! \| first editions
20 view cover	Etruscan art more books like this by Otto J Brendel add to wishlist This exploration of the art, culture and society of Etruria takes the reader through the four main periods of creativity: the Villanovan and Orientalizing era, the Archaic era, the Classical era, and the Hellenistic era, when Etruscan art became extinct. see all copies from £3.96! new only from £17.60! \| first editions
21 view cover	Minoan and Mycenaean Art more books like this by Reynold Alleyne Higgins add to wishlist This survey describes and illustrates in detail all the significant works of art and architecture of ancient Crete and Mycenae and of the Cycladic Islands. An important event in the history of archaeology was the discovery by Heinrich Schliemann in 1876, of the treasures in the citadel of Mycenae - the home of the legendary King Agamemnon. The ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £7.05! \| first editions
22 view cover	Art in the Lives of Ordinary Romans: Visual Representation and Non-Elite Viewers in Italy, 100 B.C.-A.D. 315 more books like this by John R Clarke add to wishlist This splendidly illustrated book brings to life the ancient Romans whom modern scholarship has largely ignored: slaves, ex-slaves, foreigners, and the freeborn working poor. Though they had no access to the upper echelons of society, ordinary Romans enlivened their world with all manner of artworks. Discussing a wide range of art in the late ... see all copies from £13.71! new only from £18.46! \| first editions
23 view cover	The Essential Roman Baths more books like this by Stephen Bird, Barry Cunliffe add to wishlist The Roman Baths at Bath is the best-preserved ancient baths and temple complex in northern Europe. It is here, at the heart of the World Heritage Site of Bath, that the only thermal springs in the UK emerge from deep underground, bringing health and vitality to this beautiful city. In the first century AD, the Romans chose this site to build the ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £9.67!
24 view cover	The Trojan War in Ancient Art more books like this by Susan Woodford add to wishlist The myths of the Trojan War captured the imagination not only of Greek and Roman authors - Homer, Euripides, Virgil, Ovid and many others - but also of countless Greek and Roman painters and sculptors. By perceptively analysing a variety of representations, Susan Woodford assesses the creative solutions found by individual artists to problems ... see all copies from £9.97! new only from £10.52! \| first editions
25 view cover	Roman Portraits more books like this by Ludwig Goldscheider add to wishlist Facsimile reprint of a classic Phaidon title, written and designed by the co-founder of the company, and containing 120 beautiful full-page plates of the powerfully realistic marble portraits for which the Romans were renowned Among the greatest artistic achievements of the Roman Empire are portrait sculptures. Derived from an ancient tradition of ... see all copies from £6.10! new only from £10.66! \| first editions

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