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London and New York: Thames and Hudson; World of Art Ser., 1988. 252 pages, illustrations; 21 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Standard reference work, well-illustrated. 383 illustrations.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

London and New York: Routledge, 1998. Cloth, xiv, 225 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "Plato's legend of Atlantis has become notorious among scholars as the most absurd lie in literature. Partially dismissed because of the philosopher's eclipsing reputation in the twentieth century in conjunction with Nazi adoption of the Atlantis allegory, Atlantis Destroyed explores how Plato's account can be perceived as historically true. Since its mention first in Timaeus and then Critias, Atlantis has hovered between fable and folk tale, taken as history by some and acknowledged as allegory by others. In this fascinating book, Rodney Castleden theorizes how the tale of Atlantis is not one piece of identifiable proto-history, but several, and that Plato's story was really a parable told to comment on the state of the world in his own times. The author incorporates the latest findings on Knossos (in Crete) and Thera, the two islands long… Leer más

Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2009. Cloth, xvi, 92 pages, [56] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), map; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. "This book explores the provenance of the so-called Berkeley Herm of Plato, a sculptural portrait that Stephen G. Miller first encountered over thirty years ago in a university storage basement. The head, languishing since its arrival in 1902, had become detached from the body, or herm, and had been labeled a fake. In 2002, while preparing another book, Miller - now an experienced archaeologist - needed an illustration of Plato and remembered this piece and took another look. The marble, he recognized immediately, was from the Greek islands, the inscription appeared ancient, and the ribbons visible on the head were typical of those in Greek athletic scenes. The Berkeley Plato, rich in scientific, archaeological, and historical detail, tells the fascinating story of how Miller was… Leer más

Princeton, NJ: American School of Classical Studies at Athens, 1985. 32 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Excavations of the Athenian Agora, Picture book, no. 22. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Faint dampstain/front cover, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1984. Cloth, 224 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. First published, 1953. With a new introduction. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning, top edge lightly soiled. First edition thus. Dust jacket with age-toned flaps. Minoan art. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

London: Christie, Manson & Woods, 1930. 109 pages, [38] leaves of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Estate sale held on the premises. An acceptable copy with the spine's backstrip missing, otherwise the binding is stable. No ownership markings. 119 lots.. 1st. Hardcover. Fair. 8vo.

New York: George Braziller, 1987. 128 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Planning and Cities Series. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. Stated First Printing. CONTENTS: Archaic Greece and the beginning of city planning; Hippodamus and the classical Greek city; The cities of Hellenistic Asia Minor and Syria; The beginning of urbanism in the West; Town planning in Roman Italy and in the Roman Empire; The Roman town.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2010. Cloth, xvii, 1067 pages, [96] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), maps; 27 cm. Harvard University Press Reference Library. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The legacy of ancient Greece and Rome has been imitated, resisted, misunderstood, and reworked by every culture that followed. In this volume, some five hundred articles by a wide range of scholars investigate the afterlife of this rich heritage in the fields of literature, philosophy, art, architecture, history, politics, religion, and science. Arranged alphabetically from Academy to Zoology, the essays--designed and written to serve scholars, students, and the general reader alike--show how the Classical tradition has shaped human endeavors from art to government, mathematics to medicine, drama to urban planning, legal theory to popular culture." - Publisher.. 1st. Hardcover.… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1989. xiii, 337 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Book Club (BCE/BOMC) Edition. Fine DJ. CONTENTS: Wars against external enemies; Between the wars: first phase; The Periclean age; The Pelponnesian war; First half of the fourth century: west and east; First half of the fourth century: the Greek mainland; The end of classical Greece.. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2018. Cloth, ix, 359 pages, illustrations (some colour); 26 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. "How did the statues of ancient Greece wind up dictating art history in the West? How did the material culture of the Greeks and Romans come to be seen as 'classical' and as 'art'? What does 'classical art' mean across time and place? In this ambitious, richly illustrated book, art historian and classicist Caroline Vout provides an original history of how classical art has been continuously redefined over the millennia as it has found itself in new contexts and cultures. All of this raises the question of classical art's future.0What we call classical art did not simply appear in ancient Rome, or in the Renaissance, or in the eighteenth-century Academy. Endlessly repackaged and revered or rebuked, Greek and Roman artifacts have gathered an amazing array of values, both… Leer más

New York: Basic Books; Perseus, 2006. xvi, 656 pages, illustrations, maps; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. A fine copy of the first printing. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. "The classical civilizations of Greece and Rome once dominated the world, and they continue to fascinate and inspire us. Classical art and architecture, drama and epic, philosophy and politics--these are the foundations of Western civilization. In The Classical World, eminent classicist Robin Lane Fox brilliantly chronicles this vast sweep of history from Homer to the reign of Augustus. From the Peloponnesian War through the creation of Athenian democracy, from the turbulent empire of Alexander the Great to the creation of the Roman Empire and the emergence of Christianity, Robin Lane Fox serves as our witty and trenchant guide. He introduces us to extraordinary heroes and horrific villains, great thinkers and blood-thirsty tyrants. Throughout this… Leer más

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1988. xv, 391 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Spine slightly rolled at the crown. Light dust spotting/top edge. Fine DJ. CONTENTS: The early Greeks; Athens; The Peloponnese; Central and northern Greece; The eastern and central Aegean; The south and east; The west; The north; Aftermath; Appendices: Relations with other peoples.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 8vo.

Athens: Clio Editions, 1981. 175 pages, colour illustrations; 24 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Light edgewear to wraps, age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates (art, architecture, Knossos, Minoan art). Covers: Knossos, Phaistos, Mallia, Aghia Triada, Zakros and the Herakleion Museum.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

San Bernardino, CA: California State University, 1989. 86 pages, illustrations (some colour); 28 cm. Exhibition held at the University Art Gallery, California State University, San Bernardino, May 5 to June 2, 1989; and the Art Galleries, California State University, Northridge, February 26 to March 30, 1990. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light edgewear to wraps. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Athens: Clio Editions, 1977. 119 pages, diagrams, colour illustrations; 25 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Superficial stain/last leaf. Age toning. Another copy available. Handbook to the ancient Greek ruins and museum at Delphi.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Athens: Ekdotike Athenon S. A.; Caratzas Brothers, 1983. 80 pages, colour illustrations, fold-out map; 24 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

Athens: Krene Editions, 1981. 96 pages, colour illustrations, maps, diagrs., 1 fold-out map; 24 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Author is Former Director of Antiquities at Delphi.. 1st.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo. Guidebook.

New York: Alfred A. Knopf; A Borzoi Book, 2003. xviii, 247 pages, illustrations; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. "The Venus de Milo is both a great work of art and a popular icon, and from the moment of her discovery in 1820 by a French naval ensign, she has been an object of controversy. In Disarmed, Gregory Curtis gives us the 'life' of this magnificent representation of life. Using memoirs, letters, and official accounts, Curtis takes us up close to events. We see the Venus unearthed by a farmer digging for marble building blocks on the Aegean island of Melos at the moment a young officer and amateur archeologist looking for 'relics' happened by. We also see how the island's elders, excited by the Frenchman's offer of money, fought with their Turkish overlords over who owned her. We learn how the French pressed their claim and then, outwitting other suitors, brought her to the Louvre, where she became an immediate celebrity. A… Leer más

London: I B Tauris Publishers, 2002. xii, 288 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Gen Doy investigates the hitherto neglected meanings of drapery and the draped body in visual culture. The baroque and the classical are her subjects, as are Freud's 'Gravida,' Clerambault's writings and photographs of draped figures, the fetishistic play between veiling and revealing and the meanings of drapery in recent art, from Christo's wrapped Reichstag to the impact of the modern women's movement on fine art practice. Yet she also finds and focuses on the draped body now in places like Algeria and Kosovo where drapery's connotations are no longer those of purity and civilized elegance but of barbarism, poverty, and savage death." - Publisher.. Paperback. Fine. 8vo.

New York: Arcade Publishing, 1997. xvi, 238 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations; 25 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Spine lightly bumped at heel. Stated First Edition. Fine DJ. Another copy available. "Almost 200 years after they were 'purchased' from Greece, the finest, and most famous, marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. Every year, millions of people visit London's British Museum to admire the magnificent Greek sculptures that adorned the Parthenon in Athens for more than two thousand years. This compelling and controversial story of the Elgin marbles (named for Thomas Bruce, seventh earl of Elgin, who stripped the Parthenon of these exquisite works in what has been called 'the greatest art theft in history') re-creates in full and colorful detail a steamy tale of obsession, intrigue, adultery and ruin. As the British ambassador to the Sublime Porte in Constantinople, Lord Elgin encountered some of the most famous names of nineteenth-century history:… Leer más