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Roman Art
ISBN: PB: 9781606061015, Getty Publications, December 2014
216 pp., 24x17.2 cm, 60 colour illus., 60 black&white illus.
Presented in very clear and accessible language, "Roman Art" offers new and fascinating insights into the evolution of the forms and meanings of Roman art. Traditional studies of Roman art have sought to identify an indigenous style distinct from Gre...
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£25,00
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Love and the Erotic in Art
ISBN: PB: 9781606060094, Getty Publications, May 2010
384 pp., 20.1x13.7 cm, 400 colour illus.
This is a magnificently illustrated and enlightening journey through the visual portrayal of love and sexuality in Western art. Even in the modern world where explicit imagery is manifest, an erotic painting from half a millennia ago can still manage...
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£16,99
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European Art of the Sixteenth Century
ISBN: PB: 9780892368464, Getty Publications, October 2006
384 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm, 400 colour illus.
In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent, resulting in the development of a number of local artistic styles in other...
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£18,99
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Gospel Figures in Art
ISBN: PB: 9780892367276, Getty Publications, March 2006
384 pp., 19.8x13.5 cm, 450 colour illus.
In viewing the great works of sacred Western art, many people find difficulty in understanding the stories and identifying the figures portrayed in them. This informative guide decodes these often-mysterious scenes and reveals a vibrant world of imag...
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European Art of the Fifteenth Century
ISBN: PB: 9780892368310, Getty Publications, November 2005
384 pp., 19.7x13.3 cm, 400 colour illus.
Influenced by a revival of interest in Greco-Roman ideals and sponsored by a newly prosperous merchant class, fifteenth-century artists produced works of astonishingly innovative content and technique. The International Gothic style of painting, stil...
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£18,99
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