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Rome: The Golden Centuries
For centuries, Rome, the unique city on the Tiber, has stood unchallenged at the focus of artistic interest. At the crossraods of East and West, Rome can claim to have been at the cutting edge of European art in the course of its two-thousand year history. The small town of Romulus became the capital of an empire, the papal seat, and a city state in the Middle Ages, Rome was the splendid Renais…
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- 9783848003150
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- 543 hlm., 28 cm
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- 945 Bus
Ancient Ivory: Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire
Elephant ivory is a tactile, beautiful, and workable material. It can be made into many different forms and is the strongest material in the animal kingdom. It has been highly prized from the Paleolithic to the present day, and the impact on elephants has been severe―indeed, the Syrian elephant was hunted to extinction. Long ago, during the early first millennium bce―“The Age of Ivory”…
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- 9780500051917
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- 208 hlm., 28 cm
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- 730 Her
The Great Empires of the Ancient World
The compelling story of the world's greatest ancient powers their rise and fall, their artistic and architectural splendours of New Kingdom Egypt, The Hittites, Assyria and Babylonia, Achaemenid Persia, Classical Athens, Alexander and his Successors, The Parthians and Sasanians, The Roman Empire, India from the Mauryan to the Gupta Empires,Qin and Han China.
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- 9780500051603
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- 288 hlm., 28 cm
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- 909 Har
The Art of the Italian Renaissance
The Italian Renaissance was one of the most splendid eras of European art. Interest in this artistically so extraordinarily productive period between 1300 and 1600 remains unbroken to this day.This volume focuses on impressive works from all fields of the visual arts, competently explaining the various aspects of Italian Renaissance art and captivating the reader's attention with its magnificen…
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- 9783848008391
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- 463 hlm., 25 cm
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- 709.4 Tom
Titian : Masters of Italian Art
Titian (1490–1576) was one of the most versatile of Italian painters, equally adept with portraits, landscape backgrounds, and mythological and religious subjects. His painting methods, particularly in the application and use of color, would exercise a profound influence not only on painters of the Italian Renaissance, but on future generations of Western art. During the course of his long li…
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- 9783848005550
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- 140 hlm., 26 cm
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- 709.4 Kam
Leonardo da Vinci - The Graphic Work-II
Discover the genius of Leonardo da Vinci through a stunning photographic study of his works. This book showcases his greatest graphic works, highlighting their intricate details and masterful techniques. Delve into the mind of a true renaissance man and appreciate the beauty and complexity of his art.
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- 9783836529754
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- 700 hlm., 29 cm
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- 750 Zol
Leonardo da Vinci - The Complete Paintings - I
This updated edition of our XL title provides the most comprehensive survey of the life and work of this master painter, sculptor, architect, scientist, and inventor. Its catalogue raisonné of Leonardo’s paintings covers both his surviving and his lost painted works. With full-bleed details of many paintings, the reader is able to inspect the subtlest facets of brushworks that came to revolu…
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- 9780000000126
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- 252 hlm., 29 cm
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- 750 Zol
Vermeer
Though numbering just 35 known works, the œuvre of Johannes Vermeer (1632–1675) is hailed as one of the most important and inspiring portfolios in art history. His paintings have prompted a New York Times best seller, a film starring Scarlett Johansson, and record visitor numbers at art institutions from Amsterdam to Washington.
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- 9783836504898
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- 96 hlm., 27 cm
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- 750 Sch
London: The Story of a Great City
No city has a more dramatic history than London: fire, plague, and riots have shaken its spirit, but never brought it down. The extraordinary story unfolds here through a combination of artifacts, maps, documents, paintings, photographs, and unparalleled writing. From its origins as a Roman outpost to its role as a source of inspiration for Dickens, the city’s history is filled with tales of …
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- 9780233002589
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- 124 hlm., 30 cm
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- The Story of a Great City
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- 942.1 Whi
The Lives and Works of the Pre-Raphaelites
This is an illustrated exploration of the artists, their lives and contexts, with a gallery of 290 of their greatest paintings. It offers a vivid account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who sought to defy the modern aesthetic and to return to classical artistic ideals. It includes fascinating biographies of key members of the brotherhood, including John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossett…
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- 9780857238993
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- 256 hlm., 29 cm
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- The Life and Works of
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- 759 Rob
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