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Art of Libation in Classical Athens
ISBN: HB: 9780300192278, Yale University Press, February 2018
196 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 127 colour illus., 5 black&white illus.
This handsome volume presents an innovative look at the imagery of libations, the most commonly depicted ritual in ancient Greece, and how it engaged viewers in religious performance. In a libation, liquid – water, wine, milk, oil, or honey – was pou...
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£55,00
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Cultural Memories in the Roman Empire
ISBN: HB: 9781606064627, Getty Publications, January 2016
376 pp., 25x15 cm, illus.
Memory studies one of the most vibrant research fields of the present day brings together such diverse disciplines as art and archaeology, history, religion, literature, sociology, media studies, and neuroscience. In scholarship on ancient Rome, stud...
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£65,00
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Image and Myth A History of Pictorial Narration in Greek Art
ISBN: HB: 9780226297651, University of Chicago Press, September 2013
384 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 87 halftones
On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece – but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? In "Image and Myth", Luca Giuliani tells the stories behind the pictures, exploring how artists of antiq...
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£56,00
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Knossos and the Prophets of Modernism
ISBN: PB: 9780226289540, ISBN: HB: 9780226289533, University of Chicago Press, April 2011
288 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 23 halftones
In the spring of 1900, British archaeologist Arthur Evans began to excavate the palace of Knossos on Crete, bringing ancient Greek legends to life just as a new century dawned amid far-reaching questions about human history, art, and culture. With "K...
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£13,50
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£35,50
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Cultural Identity In the Ancient Mediterranean
ISBN: PB: 9780892369690, Getty Publications, January 2011
572 pp., 25.2x18 cm, 97 black&white illus.
This is an illuminating collection of essays that explore the idea of cultural identity in the ancient Mediterranean. Cultural identity is a slippery and elusive concept. When applied to the collective self-consciousness among people or nations, it b...
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£50,00
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