Antiquity
81Western European Cameos in the Hermitage Collection , Юлия Каган (1973)
In the history of art the destiny of glyptics - the art of miniature engraving on precious or semi-precious stones - was an unusually dramatic one. Originating among certain ancient Eastern… 780 руб82Drama and Desire. Art and Theatre from the French Revolution to the First World War , Cogeval Guy (2010)
This is a magnum opus exploring the relationship between art and theatre during the long nineteenth century. This book was conceived to accompany an international exhibition that travelled from… 1669 руб83Map is not Territory: Studies in the History of Religions , Jonathan Z. Smith (1993)
In "Map Is Not Territory", Jonathan Z. Smith engages previous interpretations of religious texts from late antiquity, critically evaluates the notion of sacred space and time as it is represented in… 3516 руб84Philosophical Religions from Plato to Spinoza. Reason, Religion, and Autonomy , Fraenkel Carlos (2013)
For many thinkers from antiquity until the Enlightenment, no meaningful distinction between philosophy and religion was possible. Instead, the concept of a philosophical religion was strongly… 7639 руб85Chinese Literature , Knight Sabina (2012)
Perhaps nowhere else has literature been as conscious a collective endeavor as in China, and China's survival over three thousand years may owe more to its literary traditions than to its political… 493 руб86Greek Doors: Volume 1 , Costas Vrettakos (1982)
The examples included in this volume are essentially divided into two categories: the simple doors which, constructed with functionality in mind, display minimal decoration on the door leaves; and… 420 руб87Jason and the Golden Fleece: The Argonautica , Apollonius of Rhodes (1998)
The Argonautica is the dramatic story of Jason's quest for the Golden Fleece and his relations with the dangerous Colchian princess, Medea. The only extant Greek epic poem to bridge the gap between… 227 руб88The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon (2015)
An ass, clothed in the skin of a lion... Aesop's animal fables are some of the earliest stories ever told, thought to have been composed by a slave in Greek antiquity and giving glimpses of a world… 101 руб89Apocalypse of Pseudo-Methodius: An Alexandrian World Chronicle (2014)
This volume contains two texts that crossed the Mediterranean in Late Antiquity. The "Apocalypse" of Pseudo-Methodius was one of the first works composed in response to the Arab invasions and the… 3519 руб90Poussin , Генри Кизор (2007)
От издателя: French painter Nicolas Poussin (1594-1665) spent most of his working life in Rome turning out works that fused the best features of Renaissance painting with influences of… 330 грн (только Украина)
