An inquiry into the foundations of European culture.
This volume is a richly illustrated introduction to a fascinating, at times paradoxical, civilization and its art and architecture, ranging from magnificent temples and aqueducts, to exquisite mosaics and jewelry.
From palace-based societies in Minoan Crete to the Germanic invasion of Rome, this book tells the story of these classical civilisations, covering their political development, the rise of the city state and the growth of their empires.
(6.3 cm) Rogers Fund, 1906 (o6.1072) and Lent by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (L.1974.44) Marble lamps with relief decoration are rare. The nozzles at the center and in each of the three projections would have contained wicks.
A scholarly overview of the Jewish world is G. Vermes and F. Millar's revised edition of E. Schurer, The History oftheJewish ... For an overview of other religions see J. Ferguson, The Religions ofthe Roman Empire (London, 1970), and, ...
Deeply informed, provocative, and entirely fresh, this is the first and only accessible work that tells the extraordinary story of the classical world in its entirety.
☆ Rome ☆ Ancient Rome is indeed an intriguing subject of history.
A comprehensive collection of ancient literary evidence on Roman art and artists, assembled in translation and provided with linking passages that set the historical context.
Examining all aspects of Greek and Roman visual arts, this revised edition includes a new chapter on Roman architecture, as well as new illustrations, and an updated bibliography and glossary.