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Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1956
Total Pages: 136
ISBN-13: 9780884020028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis catalogue focuses on the Greek and Roman antiquities of the collections at Dumbarton Oaks. The catalogue also includes other objects, such as a bronze horse, and four floor mosaics from Antioch.
Author: Gisela Marie Augusta Richter
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Published: 1961
Total Pages: 77
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 9780884022121
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThese sculptures reflect the Blisses' wide-ranging tastes and extraordinary connoisseurship. About a quarter are Greco-Roman; nearly two-thirds of the rest are Late Antique, mostly limestone carvings from Early Byzantine Egypt. Sculpture from the Middle Byzantine period is very rare, making the four pieces in this collection especially significant.
Author: Dumbarton Oaks
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1992
Total Pages: 532
ISBN-13: 9780884021933
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis is the first fully illustrated catalogue of a major collection of late Roman and early Byzantine imperial coins. It follows the general layout of the Byzantine volumes in the Dumbarton Oaks series, with a substantial introduction dealing with the history of the coinage, including iconography, mints, and monetary system. In this volume, however, all the coins are illustrated in the plates.
Author: Kurt Weitzmann
Publisher: Dumbarton Oaks
Published: 1972
Total Pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9780884020387
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 786
ISBN-13: 0870991795
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBetrifft die Handschrift Cod. 318 der Burgerbibliothek Bern (Nr. 192).
Author: Gisela M. A. Richter
Publisher: L'ERMA di BRETSCHNEIDER
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 296
ISBN-13: 9788882653743
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Martha L. Rose
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: 2013-10-04
Total Pages: 169
ISBN-13: 0472035738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAncient Greek images of disability permeate the Western consciousness: Homer, Teiresias, and Oedipus immediately come to mind. But The Staff of Oedipus looks at disability in the ancient world through the lens of disability studies, and reveals that our interpretations of disability in the ancient world are often skewed. These false assumptions in turn lend weight to modern-day discriminatory attitudes toward disability. Martha L. Rose considers a range of disabilities and the narratives surrounding them. She examines not only ancient literature, but also papyrus, skeletal material, inscriptions, sculpture, and painting, and draws upon modern work, including autobiographies of people with disabilities, medical research, and theoretical work in disability studies. Her study uncovers the realities of daily life for people with disabilities in ancient Greece and challenges the translation of the term adunatos (unable) as "disabled," with all its modern associations.
Author: J. K. Anderson
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2023-11-10
Total Pages: 346
ISBN-13: 0520326458
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1961.
Author: Liz James
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-10-05
Total Pages: 1748
ISBN-13: 1108508596
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book, Liz James offers a comprehensive history of wall mosaics produced in the European and Islamic middle ages. Taking into account a wide range of issues, including style and iconography, technique and material, and function and patronage, she examines mosaics within their historical context. She asks why the mosaic was such a popular medium and considers how mosaics work as historical 'documents' that tell us about attitudes and beliefs in the medieval world. The book is divided into two part. Part I explores the technical aspects of mosaics, including glass production, labour and materials, and costs. In Part II, James provides a chronological history of mosaics, charting the low and high points of mosaic art up until its abrupt end in the late middle ages. Written in a clear and engaging style, her book will serve as an essential resource for scholars and students of medieval mosaics.
