The World of Ancient Art
The World of Ancient Art
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Provides an exploration of the arts of antiquity, beginning with the earliest European cave paintings and continuing up to the coming of Christianity and Buddhism in the Old World, and to the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World. This book focuses on common solutions that man, the artist has devised for the problems posed by his environment.
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The World of Ancient Art by John Boardman
This is an innovative exploration of the arts of antiquity, beginning with the earliest European cave paintings and continuing right up to the coming of Christianity and Buddhism in the Old World and the arrival of the Spaniards in the New World.
'An eloquently argued, richly illustrated and exhilaratingly wide-ranging essay, as alive to the beauty as to the significance of art' - The Scotsman
'Insightful texts … stunning illustrations … a fascinating insight into an often somewhat neglected aspect of ancient history' - Reference Reviews
'Insightful texts … stunning illustrations … a fascinating insight into an often somewhat neglected aspect of ancient history' - Reference Reviews
Sir John Boardman was born in 1927, and educated at Chigwell School and Magdalene College, Cambridge. He spent several years in Greece, three of them as Assistant Director of the British School of Archaeology at Athens, and he has excavated in Smyrna, Crete, Chios and Libya. For four years he was an Assistant Keeper in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, and he subsequently became Reader in Classical Archaeology and Fellow of Merton College, Oxford. He is now Lincoln Professor Emeritus of Classical Archaeology and Art in Oxford, and a Fellow of the British Academy, from whom he received the Kenyon Medal in 1995. He was awarded the Onassis Prize for Humanities in 2009. Professor Boardman has written widely on the art and archaeology of Ancient Greece.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500238271 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500238278 |
| Titre | The World of Ancient Art |
| Auteur | John Boardman |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Hardback |
| Éditeur | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Année de publication | 2006-06-19 |
| Nombre de pages | 408 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |