Category: Sculpture

Pharaohs of the Sun: Akhenaten, Nefertiti, & Tutankhamen

Price: $3.48

Publisher: Museum of Fine Arts Boston : 1999-11-01

Seller ID: mon0000700599

ISBN-13: 9780878464708

Condition: Acceptable

Stephanos: Studies in Honor of Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway (University Museum Monograph, 100)

Price: $12.47

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Museu : 1998-01-29

Seller ID: mon0000628069

ISBN-13: 9780924171529

Condition: VeryGood

The studies collected here are presented to Brunilde Sismondo Ridgway to honor an unusually inspiring and energetic teacher, a dedicated and prolific scholar, and a profoundly humane and caring human being. Bruni's passion for Greek sculpture, her constantly inquiring mind, and her bold questioning of long-accepted positions have sparked many stimulating discussions, often planting the germ of an idea to which students return in their own work.The themes here discussed reflect many of Bruni's scholarly interests. Most are on sculptural topics, but numismatics, architecture, and Iron Age Cyprus...
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Rome and Environs: An Arch?ological Guide

By: Coarelli, Filippo

Price: $5.52

Publisher: University of California Press : 2008-03-12

Seller ID: mon0000704353

ISBN-13: 9780520079618

Condition: Good

This superb guide at last brings the work of Filippo Coarelli, one of the most widely published and best known scholars of Roman archeology and art, to a wide, English-language audience. Conveniently organized by walking tours and illustrated throughout with clear maps, drawings, and plans, Rome and Environs: An Archaeological Guide covers all of the city's ancient sites, and, unlike most other guides, now includes the major monuments in a large area outside Rome proper but within easy reach, such as Ostia Antica, Palestrina, Tivoli, and the many areas of interest along the ancient Roman roads...
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Art Bronzes

By: Forrest, Michael

Price: $5.35

Publisher: Schiffer Publishing : 1988-01-01

Seller ID: mon0000628216

ISBN-13: 9780887401220

Condition: Good

Here is an important and lavishly beautiful new study of the discovery, appreciation, recognition and selection of fine bronze statuary created during the 19th and early 20th centuries. This period was an era of great social and cultural change in which bronze sculpture managed to capture the evolving spirit of romance, turbulence and excitement. Art Bronzes presents over 1,100 illustrations, 200 in full color, and many pages of carefully researched text with relevant marks, inscriptions, artist signatures, dates, and foundry stamps. Over 450 well-and lesser-known artists in Romantic, Animal, ...
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Sculpture, Glass and American Museums

By: Lynn, Martha Drexler

Price: $5.05

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press : 2005-08-25

Seller ID: mon0000674796

ISBN-13: 9780812238969

Condition: VeryGood

Light edge wear.
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Sculpture of the Modern Era (Fifty Years of Collecting: An Anniversary Selection, Vol. 2)

By: Messer, Thomas M.

Price: $9.90

Publisher: Solomon R Guggenheim Museum : 1987-11-01

Seller ID: mon0000430003

ISBN-13: 9780892070657

Condition: Good

spine is faded, edge wear.
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Diamond Handbook: How To Look At Diamonds & Avoid Ripoffs (Newman Gem & Jewelry Series)

By: Newman, Renee

Price: $3.21

Publisher: Intl Jewelry Pubns : 2005-04-30

Seller ID: mon0000582246

ISBN-13: 9780929975368

Condition: VeryGood

Packed with close-up photographs, this reference shows you how to judge diamonds on the basis of how they look, rather than just on how they are graded. This handbook expands on the information provided in Newman's companion book, The Diamond Ring Buying Guide and covers additional topics requested by the readers.
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From Nineveh to New York: The Strange Story of the Assyrian Reliefs in the Metropolitan Museum & the Hidden Masterpiece at Canford School

By: Professor John Malcolm Russell

Price: $2.34

Publisher: Yale University Press : 1997-05-29

Seller ID: mon0000704325

ISBN-13: 9780300064599

Condition: VeryGood

The story of Sir Austen Henry Layard's rediscovery of ancient Assyria and its fabled capital, Nineveh, is one of the great tales of the nineteenth century, uniting archaeological imperialism, genius, and romance. No less remarkable is the story of the collection, dispersal, and then frantic re-acquisition in the twentieth century of the world's greatest Assyrian collection ever to be in private hands. In this fascinating history of the reception of ancient Assyrian art in England and subsequently in America, John Malcolm Russell recounts the story of the huge collection of artifacts that Layar...
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