Assyria to Iberia : art and culture in the Iron Age /
: "The essays in this volume are based on papers and lectures presented in conjunction with the exhibition "Assyria to Iberia at the Dawn of the Classical Age" on view at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, from September 27, 2014, through January 4, 2015"--Colophon. : ix, 360 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm : Includes bibliographical references. : 9781588396068 (Metropolitan Museum of Art)
Ancient Jewish art and archaeology in the diaspora /
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Jewish Diaspora in Hellenistic, Roman and Byzantine periods from first to the eighth centuries C.E. is the subject of this work. The author thoroughly investigates origin, symbolism and significance of the mainly synagogal and funerary art forms in the Diaspora. Ancient Jewish Art and Archaeology in the Diaspora is the companion volume to the successful Ancient Jewish Art and Archeaeology in the Land of Israel (1988) by the same author. The geographical area covered includes Syria, Asia Minor, North Africa and Mediterranean Europe. The first section examines the characteristic features of Diaspora Art synagogue architecture and art (including the Torah shrine and mosaic pavements). Another section deals with burial and funerary practices. Of special importance are the sections on the Biblical scenes , designs and iconography of the Dura Europos synagogue, and the Jewish symbols such as the Menorah, ritual objects, the Ark, the conch and the Torah Scrolls . The book is richly illustrated with more than 325 drawings and photographs, some in colour.
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1 online resource (xxxiii, 499 pages, [64] pages of plates) : illustrations (some color), maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 466-486) and index. :
9789004294042 :
0169-9423 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Bes : demon God, protector of Egypt /
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"The demon god Bes was above all a protector of Egypt, as manifested in a variety of ways over the ages. This publication takes a closer look at the themes of the exhibition Bes. Demon God - Protector of Egypt. Who was Bes? What role did he play in sexuality, as a musician or alongside other gods? And why was he so popular in Nubia, Egypt's southern neighbour? Exhibition: Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, Denmark (20.05 - 31.10.2021)"-- Back cover.
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Catalogue of an exhibition held at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, May 20-October 31, 2021. :
127 pages : many illustrations (chiefly color) ; 22 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (page 127). :
9788774523772
The Lie Became Great : The Forgery of Ancient Near Eastern Cultures /
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The Lie Became Great explores the closed society of international plunderers and forgers which thrives as a subculture of the Art World. These multi-cultural denizens include antiquity dealers, collectors, museum curators, forgers working in conjunction with auction houses, museums and galleries. Forgeries are made to be sold, and a great number pass into the Art World - collections, exhibitions, catalogues, and popular and scholarly journals - complete with their fabricated stories of excavation, and how they were found. The Lie Became Great documents the success and activities of one small corner of this vast network - artifacts form the Ancient Near East - with hundreds of detailed catalogue entries of forgeries. The participants in this society gain money, prestige, power, position as they distort and irretrievably damage the true story of our cultural heritage. STYX PUBLICATIONS.
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1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004502147
9789056930417
Barbaric splendour : the use of image before and after Rome /
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This text comprises a collection of essays comparing late Iron Age and Early Medieval art. Fundamentally, the work asks what making images meant on the fringe of the expanding or contracting Roman empire, particularly as the art from both periods drew heavily from - but radically transformed - imperial imagery.
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"Available in both print and Open Access"--Homepage.
Also issued in print: 2020. :
1 online resource (152 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781789696608 (ebook) :
L'oblique dans le monde Grec : concept et imagerie /
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What could be more evident than the concepts of oblique, horizontal or vertical? In the modern world, these concepts form the basis of our thought system, both from a mathematical and artistic point of view. Everything would suggest that these principles were known to the Greek civilization. However, the study of the surviving texts casts a different light on the matter. Homer did not know the concept of oblique - no word could translate it into the language of his time. Even later, the Greeks had five adjectives approximately meaning oblique. Each discipline (cosmology, optic, geography, art, etc.) had its own way of looking at these five words. This work examines this topic.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911409 (PDF ebook) :
Art and architecture in Neolithic Orkney : process, temporality and context /
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This text offers a groundbreaking analysis of Neolithic art and architecture in Orkney, focusing upon the incredible collection of hundreds of decorated stones being revealed by the current excavations at the Ness of Brodgar.
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Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white, and colour). :
Specialized. :
9781784914349 (ebook) :
Image and identity in the ancient Near East : papers in memoriam Pierre Amiet /
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This volume, consisting of two parts, gathers papers in honour of Pierre Amiet. Part 1 analyses the body as a biological entity as well as a social, sexual and cultural identity (persona). Part 2 includes articles closely related to the specialisms of Amiet: glyptics, state formation, and the organisation of craftsmen and statuary.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource. :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803271231 (PDF ebook) :
The Greeks in the east /
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"This volume owes its existence to the 21st British Museum Classical Colloquium, The Greeks in the East, held on 9-10 December 1997 ... The papers as now presented mostly reflect the state of research in 2002, but some have been substantially updated thereafter"--Preface. :
v, 123 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 30 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
0861591577 (pbk.)
9780861591572 :
0142-4815 ;