Search Results: Art & Architecture from Ancient World Books

Yale University Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300044534 . A couple of corners lightly bumped. Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. ; Xx, 498pp, illustrated. ; Volume 2 Only; Vol. 2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 498 pages .

Yale University Press. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0300044534 . Very Minor shelfwear to book and DJ. Dustjacket spine is sunned. ; Xx, 498pp, illustrated. ; Volume 2 Only; Vol. 2; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall; 498 pages .

American School of Classical Studies At Athens. Very Good. 1961. Softcover. 0876616198 . Scholar's name to ffep (Jenifer Neils). Minor edgewear to spine. ; Excavations of the Athenian Agora Picture Book No. 6; 32 pages .

Cornell University Press. Very Good. 1995. Softcover. 0801492343 . Spine slightly sunned. Small stain to ffep. ; 196 pages; A study of the problems of structure and design, this book relates the architect to the society in which he worked; it shows him as a designer, structural engineer and director of works; it identifies the problems that architects encountered and suggests solutions. .

Athens: National Archaeological Museum. Very Good-. 1975. Softcover. Inscribed on ffep by the editor to Benjamin D. And Lucy Shoe Merritt. Creasing along spine else VG. ; 83pp, illustrated. ; Guides: No. 37; 83 pages .

London: British Museum Publications. Very Good. 1997. Second Edition. Softcover. 0714121207 . Light shelfwear. Faint creasing to front wrap. ; 2nd ed. 96pp, illustrated.; 96 pages .

University of Wisconsin Press. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1983. Hardcover. 029909250X . Scholar's blindstamp to half-title (Jenifer Neils). Minor pencilling to a few pages. ; Wisconsin Studies In Classics; 10.6 X 9.1 X 1.1 inches; 346 pages .

Scala Books. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Paperback. 0935748466 . Light yellowing to wraps. Minor shelfwear. Scholar's name to half-title (Robert Brown). ; 95 pages .

The Plantin Press. Very Good. 1948. Softcover. 1 cm tear to top of wraps along spine. Creasing along spine. ; Includes 41 bw illustrations; The Metropolitan Museum of Art; 23 pages .

Electa / Rizzoli. Very Good. 1986. Paperback. 0847806928 . Laminate film lifting along edges of wraps. Some yellowing to wraps. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (Jenifer Neils). ; History Of World Architecture; 9.4 X 8.7 X 0.7 inches; 192 pages .

J. Paul Getty Museum. Very Good+. 2004. Softcover. 0892366958 . Very faint shelfwear. Faint bump to top of spine. ; Getty Trust Publications: J. Paul Getty Museum; 8.2 X 5.3 X 0.5 inches; 144 pages .

NY: Harry N Abrams Inc/Goulandris Foundation. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1990. Hardcover. 0810919044 . Includes slipcase (VG). DJ in mylar. ; 183pp, handsomely illustrated.; Folio - over 12" - 15" tall; 183 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 2003. Hardcover. 0521815673 . Very minor creasing to DJ. ; This book explores the historiography of ancient Near Eastern and Classical art by examining the social, intellectual and institutional contexts that have influenced the way that the history of ancient art is written. It demonstrates how the study and interpretation of ancient art reflect contemporary ideas and practices from the Renaissance to the present. Among the subjects considered are the classical tradition in the post-antique West; the emergence of academic disciplines; the role of museums in the evaluation of ancient art; and issues of race, gender and cultural authority in the interpretation of ancient civilizations. ; 9.4 X 6.5 X 0.7 inches; 224 pages .

NY: Schocken Books. Good with no dust jacket. 1950. Hardcover. Spine sunned and to top edge of front board, small tears at top of spine. Small stains to top corner of front board. Small scratches to rear board. ; 173pp, illustrated. ; 173 pages .

Ministry of Culture. Very Good+. 1988. Paperback. 960214002X . Minor Edgewear along lower edge of rear wrap else fine. ; 418 pages .

Austin: University of Texas Press. Near Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Hardcover. 0292720629 . Very light shelfwear to book. DJ has light edgewear now in mylar. ; 223pp, nicely illustrated.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; 223 pages .

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Very Good- in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1998. Hardcover. 0810919923 . Foxing to inner covers with some to textblock. Dustjacket is protected in mylar. ; With Essays on: Thrace and the Thracians, by Ivan Mazarov; myth, kingship and art in Thrace, by Margarita Tacheva; the Thracian royal tombs, by Ivan Venedikov; and the Thracian cosmos, by Alexander Fol. Includes maps, b&w photos, chronology, glossary, notes, index – and a catalog of magnificent color plates of ancient gold and silver luxury items. ; Photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 256 pages .

Oxford University Press. Fine in Very Good dust jacket. 2012. Hardcover. 0199573239 . DJ flaps are creased. Faint yellowing to DJ. ; In antiquity, Rome represented one of the world's great cultural capitals. The city constituted a collective repository for various commemoratives, cultural artefacts, and curiosities, not to mention plunder taken in war, and over its history became what we might call a "museum city." Ancient Rome as a Museum considers how cultural objects and memorabilia both from Rome and its empire came to reflect a specific Roman identity and, in some instances, to even construct or challenge Roman perceptions of power and of the self. In this volume, Rutledge argues that Roman cultural values and identity are indicated in part by what sort of materials Romans deemed worthy of display and how they chose to display, view, and preserve them. Grounded in the growing field of museum studies, this book includes a discussion on private acquisition of cultural… Read More

Harry N. Abrams, Inc.. Very Good+. 1998. Softcover. 1882507061 . Faint sunning to spine. Very minor shelfwear. ; With Essays on: Thrace and the Thracians, by Ivan Mazarov; myth, kingship and art in Thrace, by Margarita Tacheva; the Thracian royal tombs, by Ivan Venedikov; and the Thracian cosmos, by Alexander Fol. Includes maps, b&w photos, chronology, glossary, notes, index – and a catalog of magnificent color plates of ancient gold and silver luxury items. ; Photographs; Folio 13" - 23" tall; 256 pages .

Harry N. Abrams. Very Good- in Very Good- dust jacket. 1965. Hardcover. Inner hinges cracked but holding. 1 tear to DJ near heel of spine. DJ yellowed. Dustjacket is protected in plastic sleeve. ; Very heavy book. ; Photographs; 312 pages .