Art / Sculpture / Gems / Seals

Gem Engraving in Britain from Antiquity to the Present
with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum
£125.00
Author:
Julia Kagan
Publication Year:
2010
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407305578
Paperback:
504pp, Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings, photographs in colour and black and white. Catalogue. With additional material online (timeline).
Sub-series name:
Beazley Archive - Studies in Gems and Jewellery, 5
BAR number:
B514
Sub Title:
with a catalogue of the British engraved gems in The State Hermitage Museum
Dr. Julia Kagan, Curator of post-Classical engraved gems in the State Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, has devoted a lifetime of... More
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Gem Mounts and the Classical Tradition
Supplement to A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos (2003)
£31.00
Author:
Claudia Wagner and John Boardman
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407304342
Paperback:
84pp, Illustrated throughout with figures, drawings and 22 colour plates
Sub-series name:
Beazley Archive - Studies in Gems and Jewellery, 4
BAR number:
S1951
Sub Title:
Supplement to A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos (2003)
This volume is intended to supply some supplementary information about the gems and cameos published in A Collection of Classical and... More
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Greek Bronze Hand-Mirrors in South Italy
with special reference to Calabria
£28.00
Author:
Fiona Cameron
Publication Year:
1979
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780860540564
Paperback:
108pp
BAR number:
S58
Sub Title:
with special reference to Calabria
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£163.00
Author:
Rehab Assem Hema
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717128
Paperback:
846pp. Two volume set, includes illustrations, ports.
BAR number:
S1413
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£86.00
Editors:
Attilio Mastrocinque, Chiara Maria Marchetti and Rossana Scavone
Publication Year:
2016
Language:
English & Italian with abs. in English & Italian
ISBN:
9781407315089
Paperback:
379pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. Includes tables and 383 figures (86 in colour and 297 in black and white).
BAR number:
S2830
Grumentum, in the inland of Basilicata, was a Lucanian city and then a Roman colony. This volume publishes the papers presented at two conferences, held in... More
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Hadrianopolis IV
Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from northwestern central Turkey
£72.00
Author:
Sami Patacı and Ergün Laflı
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English with abstracts in French, German, Italian & Turkish
ISBN:
9781407315263
Paperback:
328 pages, Illustrated throughout in colour an black and white. 25 tables, 304 figures (75 in colour), 23 colour plates.
BAR number:
S2928
Sub Title:
Early Byzantine mosaics and frescoes from northwestern central Turkey
Hadrianopolis is located on the principal western route from the Central Anatolian plain through the mountains to Bartın and the Black Sea, 3 km west of... More
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£98.00
Editors:
Sandra L. Olsen, Susan Grant, Alice M. Choyke, and László Bartosiewicz
Publication Year:
2006
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841719900
Paperback:
392pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures, drawings and photographs
BAR number:
S1560
This volume constitutes the proceedings of the Horses and Humans Symposium, held in 2000 at the Carnegie Museum of Natural History,... More
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Human Sacrifices for Cosmic Order and Regeneration
Structure and meaning in Moche iconography. Peru, AD 100-800
£35.00
Author:
Edward K. de Bock
Publication Year:
2005
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841717203
Paperback:
144pp, Includes numerous black and white plates.
BAR number:
S1429
Sub Title:
Structure and meaning in Moche iconography. Peru, AD 100-800
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£31.00
Author:
Arturo Rey da Silva
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
Spanish
ISBN:
9781407305141
Paperback:
111pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, drawings and photographs.
BAR number:
S1982
A study of boat iconography in the Iberian Peninsular during Prehistory. More
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Image and Performance, Agency and Ideology
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
£72.00
Author:
Lisa Brundle
Publication Year:
2019
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781407316512
Paperback:
288pp. Illustrated throughout in colour and black and white. 43 tables, 87 figures (40 in colour).
BAR number:
B645
Sub Title:
Representations of the Human Figure in Funerary Contexts in Anglo-Saxon Art, AD 400–680
This book investigates the topic of human imagery and hybrid human imagery rendered on metalwork of early Anglo-Saxon date recovered within eastern England... More
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Image and Ritual in the Aztec World
Selected papers of the ‘Ritual Americas’ conferences organized by the Société des Américanistes de Belgique in collaboration with the Red Europea de Estudios Amerindios Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 2-5 April 2008
£35.00
Editors:
Sylvie Peperstraete
Publication Year:
2009
Language:
English and Spanish
ISBN:
9781407303789
Paperback:
137pp. Illustrated throughout with maps, plans, figures and drawings.
BAR number:
S1896
Sub Title:
Selected papers of the ‘Ritual Americas’ conferences organized by the Société des Américanistes de Belgique in collaboration with the Red Europea de Estudios Amerindios Louvain-la-Neuve (Belgium), 2-5 April 2008
Selected papers of the sesion Image and Ritual in the Aztec World from the 'Ritual Americas' conferences organized by the Société des... More
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Images of Piety
The iconography of traditional religion in late medieval Wales
£45.00
Author:
Madeleine Gray
Publication Year:
2000
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781841712086
Paperback:
191pp. Includes 67 pages of illustrations, index
BAR number:
B316
Sub Title:
The iconography of traditional religion in late medieval Wales
An interesting and unusual work on a little-explored field of study. By means of the iconographic evidence, the author aims to provide a... More
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