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Greek Art | |||
| History | ||||
| Mark D Fullerton | ||||
| Cambridge University Press 2000 176 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0521779731 | ||||
| Published Price £14.99 | Sale Price £3.99 | |||
| Discussing material from across the Greek world and covering a millennium, from the archaic age to the Roman Imperial period, Fullerton stresses the political, social and religious functions of Greek art, showing how its imagery reflected personal and communal identity. He uses the Parthenon and its sculptures as a paradigm to illustrate the principles behind sculpture, architecture and painting; and he also considers Western culture's self-definition through its 'construction' of the Classical. | ||||
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The Lost Tomb of Viracocha | |||
| Unlocking the Secrets of the Peruvian Pyramids | History | |||
| Maurice Cotterell | ||||
| Headline 2001 214 pages | ||||
| Paperback Illustrated 0747264457 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £2.99 | |||
| A study of the secrets of the Inca and the tombs of Ciracocha Pachacamac and Viracocha showing that the story of the white gods was not a myth and that these two sun-kings actually lived in Peru over 1500 years ago. | ||||
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The Horse and Jockey from Artemision | |||
| A Bronze Equestrian Monument from the Hellenistic Period | History | |||
| Sean Hemingway | ||||
| California University Press 2004 222 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0520233085 | ||||
| Published Price £41.95 | Sale Price £15.99 | |||
| Recovered from the sea off Cape Artemision in Greece in 1928 and 1936, the original Hellenistic sculptures known together as 'Horse and Jockey group from Artemision' are among the very few surviving bronze sculptures from antiquity. Hemingway has been allowed by the National Museum in Athens to investigate the statuary group as no one has before. His book, combining archaeological and art historical methods, provides the first in-depth study of this rare and beautiful monument and offers a glimpse of the excellence achieved by Hellenistic bronze sculptors. | ||||
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A Treasury of Anglo-Saxon England | |||
| Faith and Wisdom in the Lives of Men and Women, Saints and Kings | History | |||
| Paul Cavill | ||||
| Zondervan 2001 304 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0007104049 | ||||
| Published Price £7.99 | Sale Price £1.99 | |||
| Paul Cavill's selection of poetic and prose texts, newly translated into modern English, starts with accounts of the delight and sadness of everyday life, then moves on to the spiritual life of monks and nuns, saints and martyrs. With their wit, pathos and devotion, these passages illustrate the vitality of Anglo-Saxon beliefs and creativity. | ||||
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Recreating Ancient History: Episodes from the Greek and Roman Past | |||
| in the Arts and Literature of the Early Modern Period | History | |||
| Karl A Enenkel; Jan L De Jong; Jeanine De Landtsheer (Edited by) | ||||
| Brill 2002 376 pages | ||||
| Paperback 0391041290 | ||||
| Published Price €44.00 | Sale Price £17.99 | |||
| Illustrating how, in the early modern period, history was considered as 'a rich field of raw material, that could be used, recycled and adapted to new needs and purposes', this volume examines examples and strategies of recreating ancient history by early modern writers and scholars. Among the 17 studies, topics include: history painting in the Vatican; Lipsius' Saturnales sermones on gladiatorial games; the reception of Plutarch in the Netherlands; Shakespeare's view of Roman history in Coriolanus; and Marc-Antoine Muret's Julius Caesar. | ||||
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Ancient Titicaca | |||
| The Evolution of Complex Society in Southern Peru and Northern Bolivia | History | |||
| Charles Stanish | ||||
| California University Press 2003 362 pages | ||||
| Hardback Illustrated 0520232453 | ||||
| Published Price £38.95 | Sale Price £15.99 | |||
| One of the richest and most complex civilizations in ancient America evolved around Lake Titicaca in southern Peru and northern Bolivia. This book is the first comprehensive synthesis of 4,000 years of prehistory for the entire Titicaca region. It describes the transition from hunting and gathering to early agriculture, the formation of the Tiwanaku and Pucara civilizations, and the double conquest of the region, first by the powerful neighbouring Inca in the 15th century and then, a century later, by the Spanish Crown. | ||||
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