Resultados de búsqueda: Genre & Subject / Funerary from LEFT COAST BOOKS

Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 1977. Cloth, 224 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. One corner lightly bumped. Age toning. Fine DJ. OVERSIZE! No priority/air, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: The predynastic cultures; The archaic period; The Old Kingdom; The Middle Kingdom; The New Kingdom; The later dynasties; Greek and Roman Egypt; The structure of the state; Farming and domestic life; The cultural life; Crafts and industries; Religious life; The world of the dead.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Fine. 4to.

New York and Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1980. 252 pages, illustrations (some colour); 21 cm. Good+. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, dust spotting/foreedge, age toning. Another copy available. A comprehensive introduction to ancient Egyptian art.. Paperback. Good. 8vo.

New York: Heritage Press, 1951. Cloth, xv, 92 pages, illustrations; 26 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Slipcase with moderate shelfwear. Illustrated with wood-engravings by Agnes Miller Parker.. Hardcover. Very Good. Illus. by Parker, Agnes Miller. 4to.

Los Angeles: UCLA Museum of Cultural History, 1985. 204 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of the exhibition held at the UCLA Frederick S. Wight Art Gallery, October 8 to November 24, 1985, sponsored by the UCLA Museum of Cultural History. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Moderate shelfwear to wraps, age toning. . 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 2014. xvi, 148 pages, illustrations, maps; 18 cm. Tight, clean copy. "Between c. 900-400 BC the Etruscans were the innovative, powerful, wealthy, and sophisticated elite of Italy. Their archaeological record is both substantial and fascinating, including tomb paintings, sculpture, jewellery, and art." - Publisher. CONTENTS: The origins of the Etruscans; The Etruscan language; Towards the Etruscan city-state; The Villanovan revolution; The transformation of Etruria; Etruscan tomb painting and Etruscan art; Empire, crisis, and response, 600-300 BC; Etruscan religion; The Roman conquest; Clothing and the Etruscan body; Imperial epilogue; Etruscology: its origins and development.. 1st. Mass Market Paperback. Fine. 12mo.

New York and New Haven, CT: Metropolitan Museum of Art; Yale University Press, 2013. Cloth, xiii, 336 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps (some colour); 32 cm. BRAND NEW. A fine copy. Still in publisher's shrinkwrap. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "This informative and engaging book on the Museum's outstanding collection of Etruscan art also provides an introduction to the fascinating and diverse culture of ancient Etruria, which thrived in central Italy from about 900 to 100 B.C. Masterpieces of the collection include 7th century B.C. objects from the Monteleone di Spoleto tomb group (including the famous remarkably well-preserved bronze chariot), intricate gold jewelry, carved gems, and wonderful ambers. For the first time in more than 70 years, this incredible body of work is published in a comprehensive and beautifully designed book that draws upon decades of exhaustive research. Etruscan Art opens with short… Leer más

New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1981. Cloth, 208 pages, [16] pages of plates, illustrations (some colour); 25 cm. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Stated First American Edition. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar cover. CONTENTS: THE ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES. The tomb of Ch'in Shih-huang ti; The land within the passes; Hsienyang and the Wei river valley; THE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. Feudal decline; the Ch'un Ch'iu period, 770-481 B.C.; The triumph of Ch'in; the Chan Kuo period, 481-221 B.C.; An age of intellectual turmoil; THE CH'IN EMPIRE. Ch'in Shih-huang-ti, the First Emperor of China; Li Ssu; Grand Councillor and guiding genius of Ch'in; The fall of the Ch'in Dynasty.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to. Collectible.

New York: Dover Publications, Inc., 1988. xii, 545 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Originally published: London: Oxford University Press, 1934. Tight, clean copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning. "Rich, detailed survey of Egyptian conception of "God" and gods, magic, cult of animals, Osiris, more. Also, superb English translations of hymns and legends. 240 illustrations." - Publisher.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1967. Cloth, xii, 275 pages, 249 illustrations (some colour), colour maps; 30 cm. First published under title: Gotter und Pharaonen. Translated from the German. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light dust spotting/edges, expected browning. Dust jacket, pice-clipped on the front flap, protected in a mylar cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. CONTENTS: Introduction; The Prehistoric Era; The Archaic Period; PHARAOH - GOD AND MAN; The Old Kingdom; PHARAOH - MAN AND KING; The New Kingdom; The Thutsmoid Era; The age of maturity; The Armana Period; The Ramessid Era; The Libyan Period; PHARAOH - RULER AND STATESMAN; The Late Period; Period of Ethiopian rule; The Saite Period; The last native rulers; The Ptolemaic Period; Egypt as a Roman Province; CATALOGUE; APPENDIX; Translator's notes; Bibliography; Chronological table; Map I: Egypt and neighbouring countries; Map II: Egypt - sites and cities; Index.. Hardcover. Very… Leer más

Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002. Cloth, ix, 159 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. "Much of the sculpture created in ancient Greece that has survived is funerary in nature. These markers commemorating the dead were traditionally placed along roads near the entrances to cities, where they could be seen by all. Although the monuments vary greatly in style, quality, and elaboration, they reach across the millennia speaking the universal language of human grief. This illustrated catalogue presents fifty-nine Greek funerary monuments in the Antiquities collection of the Getty Museum. Spanning the Classical and Hellenistic periods, this collection offers new insight into Greek art and society that will be of interest to both scholars and the general public. / Janet Burnett Grossman is Assistant Curator of Antiquities at the Getty Museum." - Publisher..… Leer más

London: British Museum Press, 1987. 63 pages, illustrations; 24 cm. Text in English, with inscriptions in ancient Greek and English. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. "Introduces the reader to a wide variety of inscriptions on stone, pottery, bronzes and other objects in the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, and to the techniques of reading inscriptions as well as their significance. Beginning with relatively simple examples consisting wholly or partly of names, it progresses to more complicated texts, some in local dialects, ranging in date from the seventh century BC to the third century AD." -Publisher. CONTENTS: Preface; Introduction to Greek inscriptions; Inscriptions on stone; Inscription on other objects; Abbreviations and references. . Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Barnes & Noble Books, 1997. Pictorial boards, 168 pages, illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps, plans; 30 cm. First published under title: Guida alla Valle dei Rei: Ai templi e alle necropoli tebane. Translated from the Italian. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light edgewear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Profusely illustrated. "The Valley of the Kings, the Valley of the Queens, the Tombs of the Nobles and the Temples of Thebes are a boundless historical and artistic treasure. With photographs, drawings and specially created maps and diagrams, this is the first book to provide a comprehensive guide to one of the world's most fascinating sites." - Publisher.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Boston: Museum of Fine Arts, 1976. 131 pages, illustrations (some colour); 29 cm. Catalogue of an exhibition organized by the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in cooperation with the Liaison Office of the People's Republic of China, Washington, D.C. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Light shelfwear to wraps, age toning.. 1st. Paperback. Very Good. 4to.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1985. Cloth, 271 pages, illustrations; 31 cm. First published under title: Images de l'homme devant la mort. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. Dust jacket, with light edgewear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Profusely illustrated.. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Folio.

Memphis, TN and Beijing, China: WONDERS in association with the State Bureau of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China, 1995. xxxi, 167 pages, colour illustrations, maps, plan; 31 cm. Presented by Museum of Art, Brigham Young University in association with WONDERS, the Memphis International Cultural Series, a division of the city of Memphis, Tennessee, and the State Bureau of Cultural Relics of the People's Republic of China. Near fine. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Age toning. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. Includes a timeline and chronology of Chinese dynasties. "Imperial Tombs of China spans seven dynasties (500 B.C. -- A.D. 1900) and includes more than 250 objects excavated from the tombs of China's emperors and ancient rulers. This collection of objects comes from twenty-one museums and cultural centers throughout nine Chinese provinces.The focus is on imperial tombs because funerary objects… Leer más

Gizeh; Giza: Abydos Publications, 2010. 1 volume [96 pages], colour illustrations; 22 x 22 cm. English Edition. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Stated First edition. Profusely illustrated. . 1st. Paperback. Fine. 8vo. Collectible.

Newton Abbot, Devon: David and Charles, 1976. Cloth, 196 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, maps, portraits; 23 cm. Near fine. Tight, clean copy. Age toning. Dust jacket with light edgewear. . 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo.

New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc., 1998. xv, 330 pages, illustrations (some colour), maps; 25 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dogeared a couple of times.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo.

New York: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1978. Cloth, 159 pages, colour illustrations; 29 cm. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket with light shelfwear. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates.. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.

Bardwell, Suffolk: Winifred Spinks, 1983. 128 pages, illustrations; 22 cm. Good+. Firm binding, gently creased spine. Clean inside copy. Age toning, edges lightly soiled. Brass rubbing.. 1st. Paperback. Good. 8vo.