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The Fine Arts list covers the range of art history, from antiquity to the present. Books within the list represent a range of methodologies, both cutting edge and traditional, and cover architecture, sculpture, photography, painting, and art theory. |
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Byzantine Monuments of Istanbul
John Freely, Ahmet S. Cakmak
This book is about the Byzantine monuments of Istanbul, most notably, Haghia Sophia. The remains of the land and sea walls, the Hippodrome, imperial palaces, commemorative columns, reservoirs and cisterns, an aqueduct, a triumphal archway, a fortified port, and twenty churches are also described in chronological order in the context of their times.
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$45.00 (Z) |
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Michelangelo
The Artist, the Man and his Times
William Wallace
Michelangelo is universally recognized to be one of the greatest artists of all time. In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a substantially new view of the artist.
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$30.00 (A) |
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Lord Elgin and Ancient Greek Architecture
The Elgin Drawings at the British Museum
Luciana Gallo
This is the first time that the bulk of the Elgin Drawings collection in the British Museum has been published. The volume will thus serve as an indispensable guide to scholars and students of ancient Greek architecture and sculpture, as well as of nineteenth-century architectural revivalism.
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$150.00 (R) |
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The Roman House and Social Identity
Shelley Hales
This book examines house types from Britain to Syria to disclose how people imagined and articulated their place in the Roman world. Shelly Hales considers the nature and role of domestic decoration and its part in promoting social identities.
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The Origins of the Greek Architectural Orders
Barbara A. Barletta
Much of our understanding of the origins and early development of the Greek architectural order is based on the writings of ancient authors, such as Virtruvius, and those of modern interpreters.
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$26.99 (Z) |
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Modern Architectural Theory
A Historical Survey, 1673–1968
Harry Francis Mallgrave
Harry Mallgrave's comprehensive survey of architectural theory, primarily in Europe and the United States, contextualizes architectural discourse within its social and political atmosphere over three centuries of development.
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$50.00 (G) |
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The Parthenon and its Sculptures
Edited by Michael B. Cosmopoulos
Presenting the latest developments in research from an international group of scholars and scientists, this volume offers new interpretations of some of the most crucial aspects of the Parthenon.
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Family Fictions in Roman Art
Essays on the Representation of Powerful People
Natalie Boymel Kampen
In Family Fictions in Roman Art, Natalie Kampen reveals the profoundly de-naturalized ways in which family could be represented in the interests of political power during the Roman Empire.
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$85.00 (Z) |
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Representations of War in Ancient Rome
Edited by Sheila Dillon, Katherine E. Welch
War suffused Roman life to a degree unparalleled in other ancient societies. Although the place of war in ancient Roman culture has been the subject of many studies, this book examines how Romans represented war, in both visual imagery and in literary accounts.
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$36.99 (Z) |
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Concrete Vaulted Construction in Imperial Rome
Innovations in Context
Lynne C. Lancaster
Examining the methods and techniques that enabled builders to construct some of the most imposing monuments of ancient Rome, Lynne Lancaster focuses on structurally innovative vaulting and the factors that influenced its advancement, as well as a range of related practices and various techniques of buttressing.
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$49.00 (Z) |
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The Roman Amphitheatre
From its Origins to the Colosseum
Katherine E. Welch
Analyzing the evolution of the Roman amphitheatre as an architectural form, Katherine Welch addresses the critical period in the history of this building type.
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$45.00 (Z) |
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