The road to Byzantium : luxury arts of antiquity / [editors, Frank Althaus and Mark Sutcliffe].

Other author Althaus, Frank.
Other author Sutcliffe, Mark.
Format Book
Publication InfoLondon : Fontanka, 2006.
Description191 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
Subjects
Gosudarstvennyĭ Ėrmitazh (Russia)--Exhibitions.
Art, Classical--Exhibitions.
Art, Byzantine--Exhibitions.
Luxuries--Mediterranean Region. --Exhibitions.
Art--Russia (Federation). --Saint Petersburg. --Exhibitions.

Contents The road to Byzantium / Robin Cormack -- The beauty of the human body in Ancient Greek vase-painting / Anna Petrakova -- Greco-Scythian antiques : a history of excavation in Southern Russia / Andrei Alekseyev -- Classicism in the Roman portrait : the ages of Augustus and Hadrian / Anna Trofimova -- The classical heritage in Byzantine art / Vera Zalesskaya -- Silver in changing contexts / Marlia Mundell Mango -- Classicism and Paideia in early Byzantine silver from the Hermitage / Ruth Leader-Newby --Ancient classicism in retrospect / Antony Eastmond and Peter Stewart.
General noteCatalog of an exhibition held Mar. 30-Sept. 6, 2006 at Somerset House, London.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 180-186) and index.
LCCN 2006389314
ISBN0954309553 (hbk.)
ISBN9780954309558 (hbk.)
ISBN0954309561 (pbk)
ISBN9780954309565 (pbk)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Joyner General Stacks N 5604.G7 L67 2006 ✔ Available Place Hold