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  • The Oldest Book in the World

    Philosophy in the Age of the Pyramids

    by Bill Manley ...
    A new translation of a philosophical and practical advice classic of the ancient world, The Teaching of Ptahhatp, written in Egypt four thousand years ago and still relevant for modern readers today.Noted author and Egyptologist Bill Manley renders into approachable modern English for the first time the oldest surviving statement of philosophy from the ancient world: the thirty-seven teachings and ... Read more

    $25.19 USD

  • Egyptian Art (World of Art)

    by Bill Manley ...
    Series Book 0 - World of Art
    An insightful volume delving into the enduringly compelling art of ancient Egypt, from a new historical perspectiveThe art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Among the great creative achievements of ancient Egypt are a set of constant forms: archetypes in art and architecture in which the origins of concepts such as ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • Writing Hieroglyphics (with Actual Examples!) : History Kids Books | Children's Ancient History

    by Baby Professor ...
    Do you want to learn how to write hieroglyphics? It’s an ancient form of Egyptian writing that is composed of drawings. It’s a beautiful writing style that was instrumental in learning about the life of ancient Egyptians. There are actual examples in this book to serve as your guide. Are you ready? Then begin writing hieroglyphics today! ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Art of the Devil

    Diabolic imagery, myth, and temptation in art

    by Arturo Graf, ...
    “The Devil holds the strings which move us!” (Charles Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil, 1857.) Satan, Beelzebub, Lucifer… the Devil has many names and faces, all of which have always served artists as a source of inspiration. Often commissioned by religious leaders as images of fear or veneration, depending on the society, representations of the underworld served to instruct believers and lead them ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Frame in Classical Art

    A Cultural History

    Edited by Verity Platt, Michael Squire ...
    The frames of classical art are often seen as marginal to the images that they surround. Traditional art history has tended to view framing devices as supplementary 'ornaments'. Likewise, classical archaeologists have often treated them as tools for taxonomic analysis. This book not only argues for the integral role of framing within Graeco-Roman art, but also explores the relationship between the ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • The Egyptian Revival

    Ancient Egypt as the Inspiration for Design Motifs in the West

    by James Stevens Curl ...
    In this beautifully illustrated and closely argued book, a completely updated and much expanded third edition of his magisterial survey, Curl describes in lively and stimulating prose the numerous revivals of the Egyptian style from Antiquity to the present day. Drawing on a wealth of sources, his pioneering and definitive work analyzes the remarkable and persistent influence of Ancient Egyptian ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Tombs of the South Asasif Necropolis

    Thebes, Karakhamun (TT 223), and Karabasken (TT 391) in the Twenty-fifth Dynasty

    Edited by Elena Pischikova ...
    This volume is the first joint publication of the members of the American-Egyptian mission South Asasif Conservation Project, working under the auspices of the State Ministry for Antiquities and Supreme Council of Antiquities, and directed by the editor. The Project is dedicated to the clearing, restoration, and reconstruction of the tombs of Karabasken (TT 391) and Karakhamun (TT 223) of the ... Read more

    $49.69 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Greek Myths in Roman Art and Culture

    Imagery, Values and Identity in Italy, 50 BC–AD 250

    by Zahra Newby ...
    Series series Greek Culture in the Roman World
    Images of episodes from Greek mythology are widespread in Roman art, appearing in sculptural groups, mosaics, paintings and reliefs. They attest to Rome's enduring fascination with Greek culture, and its desire to absorb and reframe that culture for new ends. This book provides a comprehensive account of the meanings of Greek myth across the spectrum of Roman art, including public, domestic and ... Read more

    $43.49 USD

  • The Birth of Western Painting (Routledge Revivals)

    A History of Colour, Form and Iconography

    by Robert Byron, David Talbot Rice ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    First published in 1930, this book deals with Byzantine art, not as an isolated province, but as one intimately connected with the subsequent history of European painting. After a summary of the whole question in its relation to modern art, the second chapter opens with a novel analysis of the iconoclast controversy, and shows how it was only by this movement that Hellenistic naturalism was ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Greek Vase-Painting and the Origins of Visual Humour

    by Alexandre G. Mitchell ...
    This book is a comprehensive study of visual humour in ancient Greece, with special emphasis on works created in Athens and Boeotia. Alexandre G. Mitchell brings an interdisciplinary approach to this topic, combining theories and methods of art history, archaeology and classics with the anthropology of humour, and thereby establishing new ways of looking at art and visual humour in particular. ... Read more

    $62.39 USD

  • Colour and Light in Ancient and Medieval Art

    by Chloë N. Duckworth, Anne E. Sassin ...
    The myriad ways in which colour and light have been adapted and applied in the art, architecture, and material culture of past societies is the focus of this interdisciplinary volume. Light and colour’s iconographic, economic, and socio-cultural implications are considered by established and emerging scholars including art historians, archaeologists, and conservators, who address the variety of ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Framing of Sacred Space

    The Canopy and the Byzantine Church

    by Jelena Bogdanovic ...
    The Framing of Sacred Space offers the first topical study of canopies as essential spatial and symbolic units in Byzantine-rite churches. Centrally planned columnar structures--typically comprised of four columns and a roof--canopies had a critical role in the modular processes of church design, from actual church furnishings in the shape of a canopy to the church's structural core. As ... Read more

    $69.29 USD