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1169 руб4th-Century Bc Greek Art: Red-Figure Pottery, Apulian Vase Painting, Derveni Krater
Chapters: Red-Figure Pottery, Apulian Vase Painting, Derveni Krater. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 38. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 530 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC. It replaced the previously dominant style of Black-figure vase painting within a few decades. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background. The most important areas of production, apart from Attica, were in Southern Italy. The style was also adopted in other parts of Greece. Etruria became an important centre of production outside the Greek World. Attic red-figure vases were exported throughout...
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1144 руб4th-Century Bc Greek Sculptures: Sculptures by Polyclitus, Sculptures by Praxiteles, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Aphrodite of Cnidus
Chapters: Sculptures by Polyclitus, Sculptures by Praxiteles, Hermes and the Infant Dionysus, Aphrodite of Cnidus, Diadumenos, Athena Giustiniani, Doryphoros, Antikythera Ephebe, Tanagra Figurine, Apollo Lykeios, Venus of Arles, Resting Satyr, Discophoros. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 47. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Aphrodite of Cnidus was one of the most famous works of the ancient Greek sculptor Praxiteles of Athens (4th century BC). It and its copies are often referred to as the Venus Pudica (modest Venus) type, on account of her covering her groin with her right hand. Variants of the Venus Pudica (suggesting an action to cover the breasts) are the Venus de' Medici or the Capitoline Venus. The Colonna VenusThe statue became famous for its beauty, meant to be appreciated from every angle, and for being the first life-size...
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1157 руб4th-Century Roman Sculpture: Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Arch of Constantine, Dogmatic Sarcophagus, Colossus of Constantine
Chapters: Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus, Arch of Constantine, Dogmatic Sarcophagus, Colossus of Constantine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sarcophagus of Junius Bassus is a marble Early Christian sarcophagus used for the burial of Junius Bassus, who died in 359. It has been described as "probably the single most famous piece of early Christian relief sculpture." The sarcophagus was originally placed in or under Old St. Peter's Basilica, was rediscovered in 1597, and is now below the modern basilica in the Museo Storico del Tesoro della Basilica di San Pietro (Museum of Saint Peter's Basilica) in the Vatican. The base is approximately 4 x 8 x 4 feet. Together with the Dogmatic sarcophagus in the same museum, this sarcophagus is one of the oldest surviving high-status sarcophagi with elaborate...
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1166 руб5th-Century Bc Greek Art: Red-Figure Pottery, Apulian Vase Painting, Tomb of the Diver
Chapters: Red-Figure Pottery, Apulian Vase Painting, Tomb of the Diver. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Red-figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural Greek vase painting. It developed in Athens around 530 BC and remained in use until the late 3rd century BC. It replaced the previously dominant style of Black-figure vase painting within a few decades. Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background, in contrast to the preceding black-figure style with black figures on a red background. The most important areas of production, apart from Attica, were in Southern Italy. The style was also adopted in other parts of Greece. Etruria became an important centre of production outside the Greek World. Attic red-figure vases were exported throughout...
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4491 рубA History of Greek Sculpture
Alexander S. Murray 1880. Contains two volumes in one; From the earliest times down to the age under Pheidias and his successors. With illustrations. Murray, a Scottish archaeologist, was assistant keeper and keeper of Greek and Roman antiquities at the British Museum. From 1894 to 1896 he was in charge of excavations in Cyprus. Among his other writings are Manual of Mythology, Handbook of Greek Archaeology, Terra-Cotta Sarcophagi, and Excavations in Cyprus. Contents Volume One: First Stages in Technical Skill; The Shield of Achilles; Butades, Theodoros, Rhoekos and Glaukos; Early Sculpture in Marble, Ivory and Gold and Fine Woods; Archaic Sculpture; Early Schools of Argos, Sikyon and Aegina; The Sculptures of Aegina, Now in Munich; Archaic Sculpture in Athens; Pythagoras of Rhegium; Myron and the Sculptures of His School; Polykleitos; and The Sculptures of Northern Greece. Contents Volume Two: The Frieze and Metopes of the Parthenon; Pediment Sculptures of the Parthenon; Pheidias; Pupils of Pheidias-The...
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2643 рубAlexander the Great: Who Conquered the World by the Age of 32
Rev. Angel Rumano Full of vivid historical anecdotes, this book presents the life, conquests, and deeds of Alexander the Great, the king of Macedonia, who came to the throne at age 20, set out to conquer the world, and died at the young age of 33. Detailedare his rise, reign, and extensive conquests, from Greece and India to Asia Minor and Egypt. Distinct from many studies of Alexander, this visual history emphasizes the influence of his life on art and literature.
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4393 рубAncient Art And Its Remains or a Manual of the Archaeology of Art
Friedrich Muller
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1152 рубAncient Cretan Artists: Ancient Cretan Architects, Ancient Cretan Sculptors, Thaletas, Aristocles, Kresilas, Chersiphron, Dipoenus and Scyllis
Chapters: Ancient Cretan Architects, Ancient Cretan Sculptors, Thaletas, Aristocles, Kresilas, Chersiphron, Dipoenus and Scyllis, Metagenes. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Thaletas or Thales of Crete was an early Greek musician and lyric poet. The position of Thaletas is one of the most interesting, and at the same time most difficult points, in that most interesting and difficult subject, the early history of Greek music and lyric poetry. The most certain fact known of him is, fortunately, that which is also the most important; namely, that he introduced from Crete into Sparta certain principles or elements of music and rhythm, which did not exist in Terpander's system, and thereby founded the second of the musical schools which flourished at Sparta. . He was a native of Crete, and, according to the...
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2198 рубAncient Egyptian Art: Visual Encyclopedia
Alice Cartocci From the earliest clay figures and ivory combs of Predynastic times, through the masterful statuary of the Old Kingdom and the exquisite tomb paintings of the New Kingdom, to the astonishingly modern painted portraits of the Greco-Roman era, the artistic achievements of Egypt span over four thousand years. In this unique new visual reference work, the finest examples of Egyptian art from museum collections around the world are illustrated to advantage in more than 360 beautiful full-color photographs. Not only a feast for the eyes, this book is informative too, with introductions to each historical period, graphic summaries of Egyptian history and great archaeological discoveries, and a chronology and glossary. This celebration and pageant of ancient Egyptian creative expression deserves a place on the shelves of Egyptologists and art lovers alike.
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5141 рубAncient Greece: A Political, Social and Cultural History
Sarah B. Pomeroy, Stanley M. Burstein, Walter Donlan, Jennifer Tolbert Roberts Written by four leading authorities on the classical world, Ancient Greece, Second Edition, introduces students to the history and civilization of ancient Greece in all its complexity and variety. A comprehensive history, this captivating study covers the entire period from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic Era, integrating the most recent research in archaeology, comparative anthropology, and social history with a traditional yet lively narrative of political, military, cultural, economic, and diplomatic history. Using physical evidence from archaeology, the written testimony of literary texts and inscriptions, and anthropological models based on comparative studies, Ancient Greece, Second Edition, offers an account of the Greek world that is thoughtful and sophisticated yet accessible to students with little or no knowledge of Greece. The book is enhanced by text boxes featuring excerpts from ancient documents, an extensive glossary, and a timeline and general introduction that...
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1161 рубAncient Greek Athletic Art: Myron, Discobolus, Apoxyomenos, Polykleitos, Diadumenos, Charioteer of Delphi
Chapters: Myron, Discobolus, Apoxyomenos, Polykleitos, Diadumenos, Charioteer of Delphi. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Discobolus of Myron ("discus thrower" Greek , "Diskobolos") is a famous lost Greek bronze original that was completed towards the end of the Severe period, circa 460-450 BC. It is known through numerous Roman copies, both full-scale ones in marble, such as the first to be recovered, the Palombara Discopolus, or smaller scaled versions in bronze. A discus thrower is depicted about to release his throw: "by sheer intelligence", Sir Kenneth Clark observed in The Nude (1956:p 239f) "Myron has created the enduring pattern of athletic energy. He has taken a moment of action so transitory that students of athletics still debate if it is feasible, and he has given it the completeness of a...
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1157 рубAncient Greek Military Art: Amazonomachy, Dying Gaul, Athena Promachos, Alexander Mosaic, Alexander Sarcophagus, Neorion, Athena Alkidemos
Chapters: Amazonomachy, Dying Gaul, Athena Promachos, Alexander Mosaic, Alexander Sarcophagus, Neorion, Athena Alkidemos,. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Dying Gaul (in Italian: Galata Morente) is an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Hellenistic sculpture that is thought to have been executed in bronze, which was commissioned some time between 230 BC and 220 BC by Attalus I of Pergamon to celebrate his victory over the Celtic Galatians in Anatolia. The present base was added after its rediscovery. The identity of the sculptor of the original is unknown, but it has been suggested that Epigonus, the court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, may have been its sculptor. The statue depicts a dying Celt with remarkable realism, particularly in the face, and may have been painted. He is...
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1169 рубAncient Greek Painting: Fayum Mummy Portraits
Chapters: Fayum Mummy Portraits. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 39. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Mummy portraits or Fayum mummy portraits (also Faiyum mummy portraits) is the modern term given to a type of realistic painted portraits on wooden boards attached to mummies from Roman Egypt. They belong to the tradition of panel painting, one of the most highly regarded forms of art in the Classical world. In fact, the Fayum portraits are the only large body of art from that tradition to have survived. Mummy portraits have been found across Egypt, but are most common in the Faiyum Basin, particularly from Hawara and Antinoopolis, hence the common name. "Faiyum Portraits" is generally thought of as a stylistic, rather than a geographic, description. While painted Cartonnage mummy cases date back to pharaonic times, the Faiyum mummy...
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2630 рубAncient Pskov
I. S. Rodnikova В ряду памятников мирового искусства особое место занимает псковская иконопись, с ее глубиной и зрелостью эмоций, с удивительным сочетанием драматизма и тонкого лиризма, одухотворенности и тревожной мистической ноты. Богато иллюстрированный подарочный альбом, в основе которого - работы старейшего мастера отечественной фотографии В.Е.Гиппенрейтера, знакомит с выдающимися образцами псковской иконописи, находящимися в собрании Псковского музея-заповедника, в храмах и монастырях Псковской земли, а также с памятниками архитектуры и декоративно-прикладного искусства.
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1161 рубAncient Roman Triumphal Arches in Rome: Arch of Constantine, Porta Tiburtina, Arch of Gallienus, Arcus Argentariorum, Arch of Claudius
Chapters: Arch of Constantine, Porta Tiburtina, Arch of Gallienus, Arcus Argentariorum, Arch of Claudius, Arch of Janus, Arch of Tiberius, Arches of Claudius, Arch of Titus. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Arch of Constantine (Italian: ) is a triumphal arch in Rome, situated between the Colosseum and the Palatine Hill. It was erected to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge on October 28, 312. Dedicated in 315, it is the latest of the existing triumphal arches in Rome, from which it differs by spolia, the extensive re-use of parts of earlier buildings. The arch is 21 m high, 25.7 m wide and 7.4 m deep. It has three archways, the central one being 11.5 m high and 6.5 m wide, the lateral archways 7.4 m by 3.4 m each. The top (called attic) is brickwork...
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