Hugues, Hancarville, Collection of Etruscan, Greek and Roman Antiquities
The text of Volumes I, II, is given in English and French in parallel; that of Volumes III, IV, in French only. This four-volume publication ...
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Tatham, Etchings Representing the Best Examples of Ancient Ornamental Architecture
All plates in “Etchings Representing The Best Examples Of Ancient Ornamental Architecture Drawn From The Originals In Rome And Other Parts Of Italy ...
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Revett & Chandler, Ionian Antiquities
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1809-1835 The author of the text of v. 1 is identified in the introduction to v. 2 as Richard Payne Knight. An inquiry ...
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In this sweeping volume, Professor Acocella analyzes every type of stone, from those used by the Egyptians to the marble used by Mies ...
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Preimesberger, Paragons And Paragone
The paragone―the notion of competition and rivalry among the arts―has been a topic of debate for centuries. It erupted with great force in ...
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An extremely in-depth analysis of textual sources relating to the Greek concept of xoana, purported archaic wooden statues of gods. The book has ...
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This book, a companion volume to Professor Pollitt’s The Art of Rome: Sources and Documents (published by the Press in 1983), presents a ...
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In 16th- and 17th-century Spain, sculptors and painters combined their skills to depict, with astonishing realism, the great religious themes. Wooden sculptures of ...
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In 1956 art historian Panofsky gave four incisive lectures at the Institute of Fine Arts at New York University which were subsequently published ...
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