* 170 colour photographs, and 20 reconstructions * A story of Pompeii, the eyewitness account of Pliny in AD 70 * Eruption of Vesuvius and the devastation caused, and the incredible preservation of the City, and the lava & ash. * A guide for the tourist to view the dwellings, paintings, roads, and buildings as a time capsule.
This volume provides the first comprehensive analysis and chronology of the earliest known stone sculptures from the north Indian city of Mathura, dating prior to the famous Kushan period. It includes numerous new attributions of objects based primarily on epigraphic and visual analysis. The sculptures attributable to these pre-Kushan periods reveal new evidence for the reasons behind the emergence of the anthropomorphic image of the Buddha at Mathura, the predominance of a heterodox sect of Jai...
Art and Religion in Medieval Armenia
Featuring texts by leading scholars of the history and culture of medieval Armenia, this book offers an in-depth look at its art, trade, and religious traditions The papers in this volume, first presented at an international symposium celebrating The Met's blockbuster 2018 exhibition, Armenia!, explore the art and culture of a civilization that served as a pivotal crossroads on the border between East and West. Contributors address Armenia's roles in facilitating exchange with the Mongol, Otto...
Methods in the Mediterranean (Mnemosyne, Supplements, #135) (Mnemosyne, Bibliotheca Classica Batava, #135)
by David Small
This collection of essays treats the fundamental issue of the correlation of archaeology and texts in recreating the ancient Mediterranean world. Contributions from Classical and Near Eastern archaeologists and historians address specific points of correlation, and their potential for future productive research in the Mediterranean. After an introduction to the issue of texts and archaeology, the essays treat concepts such as: site as text, artifactual contingency of meaning, correlating survey...
Inselionische Marmord cher (Natural Language Processing, #18)
by Aenne Ohnesorg
Anyone interested in traditional Chinese painting will find these four volumes useful for self-study. Each of the four volumes teach amateur brush painters to execute the intricacies of Chinese brush painting. Beginning with the separate parts and then progressing to the composition, these volumes feature exquisite illustrations that will enable the learner to pick up the basics as if in a classroom setting.
Anyone interested in traditional Chinese painting will find these four volumes useful for self-study. Each of the four volumes teach amateur brush painters to execute the intricacies of Chinese brush painting. Beginning with the separate parts and then progressing to the composition, these volumes feature exquisite illustrations that will enable the learner to pick up the basics as if in a classroom setting.
Searching for Ancient Egypt
This volume documents and illustrates a collection of archaeological and artistic treasures covering the range of Egyptian art - from Old Kingdom works of the third millenium BC to works of the Greco-Roman period ending in AD300. The collection of objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology range from architectural elements of a royal palace and funerary chapel to delicate jewellery and fine textiles. In his introductory essay, David Silverman documents the...
In the past, Roman pottery has been judged as inferior to Greek pottery. Recent excavations, however, have led to an increase in knowledge and appreciation of Roman wares. These wares now constitute an important body of evidence for the understanding of art, literacy and trade in the ancient world. John W. Hayes, the acknowledged authority in this field, explains the particular features that mark Roman-period wares, concisely describing how the vessels were manufactured, decorated, traded and us...
Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse (Mnemosyne, Supplements, #390)
by Stephanie Nelson
Aristophanes and His Tragic Muse considers the opposition of comedy and tragedy in 5th century Athens and its effect on the drama of Aristophanes. The study examines tragedy's focus on necessity and a quest for meaning as a complement to a neglected but critical element in Athenian comedy, a concern with freedom and an underlying ambivalent vision of reality.
The Olympia Master and his Collaborators (Monumenta Graeca et Romana, #6)
25 D'Hancarville, Antiq
by Sebastian Schutze and Madeleine Gisler-Huwiler
2nd Grade History (Children's Ancient History Books)
by Baby Professor
Sylloge Nummorum Sasanidarum. Paris-Berlin-Wien
by Nikolaus Schindel
Medusa's Gaze: The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese (Emblems of Antiquity)
by Marina Belozerskaya
The Sculptured Parapet of Athena Nike (Analecta Gorgiana, #228)
by William Dinsmoor
William Dinsmoor, one of the experts who directed the first reconstruction of the Athenian Acropolis, here addresses the problem of the arrangement of the sculptures on the parapet of the temple of Athena Nike on the Acropolis.