A Companion to Greek Architecture
Title | A Companion to Greek Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret M. Miles |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 616 |
Release | 2016-06-13 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1118327608 |
A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and construction as well as theory, reception, and lasting impact. Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians Presents the most up-to-date English language coverage of Greek architecture in several decades while also sketching out important areas and structures in need of further research
A Companion to Greek Architecture
Title | A Companion to Greek Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret M. Miles |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 613 |
Release | 2016-08-08 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1444335995 |
A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and construction as well as theory, reception, and lasting impact. Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians Presents the most up-to-date English language coverage of Greek architecture in several decades while also sketching out important areas and structures in need of further research
A Companion to Roman Architecture
Title | A Companion to Roman Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Roger B. Ulrich |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 511 |
Release | 2013-10-10 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1118325133 |
A Companion to Roman Architecture presents a comprehensive review of the critical issues and approaches that have transformed scholarly understanding in recent decades in one easy-to-reference volume. Offers a cross-disciplinary approach to Roman architecture, spanning technology, history, art, politics, and archaeology Brings together contributions by leading scholars in architectural history An essential guide to recent scholarship, covering new archaeological discoveries, lesser known buildings, new technologies and space and construction Includes extensive, up-to-date bibliography and glossary of key Roman architectural terms
A Companion to Greek Art
Title | A Companion to Greek Art PDF eBook |
Author | Tyler Jo Smith |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 856 |
Release | 2018-06-18 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1119266815 |
A comprehensive, authoritative account of the development Greek Art through the 1st millennium BC. An invaluable resource for scholars dealing with the art, material culture and history of the post-classical world Includes voices from such diverse fields as art history, classical studies, and archaeology and offers a diversity of views to the topic Features an innovative group of chapters dealing with the reception of Greek art from the Middle Ages to the present Includes chapters on Chronology and Topography, as well as Workshops and Technology Includes four major sections: Forms, Times and Places; Contacts and Colonies; Images and Meanings; Greek Art: Ancient to Antique
A Companion to Greek Architecture
Title | A Companion to Greek Architecture PDF eBook |
Author | Margaret M. Miles |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 616 |
Release | 2016-06-13 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1118327616 |
A Companion to Greek Architecture provides an expansive overview of the topic, including design, engineering, and construction as well as theory, reception, and lasting impact. Covers both sacred and secular structures and complexes, with particular attention to architectural decoration, such as sculpture, interior design, floor mosaics, and wall painting Makes use of new research from computer-driven technologies, the study of inscriptions and archaeological evidence, and recently excavated buildings Brings together original scholarship from an esteemed group of archaeologists and art historians Presents the most up-to-date English language coverage of Greek architecture in several decades while also sketching out important areas and structures in need of further research
A Companion to Archaic Greece
Title | A Companion to Archaic Greece PDF eBook |
Author | Kurt A. Raaflaub |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 802 |
Release | 2012-12-21 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1118556658 |
A systematic survey of archaic Greek society and culture which introduces the reader to a wide range of new approaches to the period. The first comprehensive and accessible survey of developments in the study of archaic Greece Places Greek society of c.750-480 BCE in its chronological and geographical context Gives equal emphasis to established topics such as tyranny and political reform and newer subjects like gender and ethnicity Combines accounts of historical developments with regional surveys of archaeological evidence and in-depth treatments of selected themes Explores the impact of Eastern and other non-Greek cultures in the development of Greece Uses archaeological and literary evidence to reconstruct broad patterns of social and cultural development
A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic
Title | A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic PDF eBook |
Author | Dean Hammer |
Publisher | John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages | 565 |
Release | 2014-11-17 |
Genre | Literary Criticism |
ISBN | 1444336010 |
A Companion to Greek Democracy and the Roman Republic offers a comparative approach to examining ancient Greek and Roman participatory communities. Explores various aspects of participatory communities through pairs of chapters—one Greek, one Roman—to highlight comparisons between cultures Examines the types of relationships that sustained participatory communities, the challenges they faced, and how they responded Sheds new light on participatory contexts using diverse methodological approaches Brings an international array of scholars into dialogue with each other