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John Boardman
Britains most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art recounts what the Parthenon and its sculptures meant to the citizens of 5th-century BCE Athens.
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We now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood…
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Looking at the Rother Valley in West Sussex, the authors give a short history of a lowland English river catchment and prospects for its future management.
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Madrid flaunts its distinctive Spanish identity as the most vibrant of Europe’s capitals. The author explores its chaotic jumble in squares, parks, streets and monuments old and new. Maps and…
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Will undoubtedly become a standard work of reference.–Journal of Hellenic Studies
Beazley Archive - Studies in Gems and Jewellery II
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Renowned Classical archaeologist John Boardman here turns his attention to a rather different class of artefact - the Ordos Bronzes, a group of objects found in the borderlands of north…
The Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg has one of the world s great collections of Greek vases. In addition to the numerous vases and fragments found on Russian territory, it…
Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media…
Beazley Archive - Studies in Classical Archaeology II
This work describes how the depiction of Pan and his familiar pipes developed and was adapted in later times. The presence of Pan was felt in the literature and art…
Authoritative and brilliantly illustrated… . The book recommends itself not only for its synthesis of existing knowledge, but also for its original ideas. –The Daily Telegraph
An illustrious scholar presents an elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great’s representations in art and literature through the ages John Boardman is one of the world’s…
An elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great’s representations in art and literature through the ages
In this book, John Boardman, one of the world’s leading authorities…
From one of the world's leading authorities on ancient Greek art, a groundbreaking account of how Greek images were understood and used by other ancient peoples, from Britain to China
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Recounting the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central Asia, India and Western China, from the Bronze Age through to the rise of Islam, this book examines a…
This 1987 book examines the intimate link between periglacial geomorphology and the fluctuating climates of the Quaternary Period, which is well illustrated in the British Isles. The contributors also examine…
This volume complements the second edition of The Cambridge Ancient History Volumes V and VI , which covers the history of Greece and associated areas between the Persian Wars and…
Traces the development of Archaic Greek sculpture in terms of styles and regions, providing a comprehensive range of pictures for the period that includes coverage of unfamiliar, rarely reproduced sculptures.
This volume complements the text volume of The Cambridge Ancient History Volume IV , but can also be used as an independent, illustrated account of the period (c. 525 to…
John Boardman Trask
John B. Trask presents a detailed analysis of the geological formations and natural resources of Northern and Southern California in this report. He describes the mineral deposits, farming lands, and…
John Boardman Whitton
Title: Report on the Geology of the Coast Mountains and part of the Sierra Nevada: embracing their industrial resources in agriculture and mining.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library…
Title: Report on the Geology of Northern and Southern California, embracing the mineral and agricultural resources of those sections: with statistics of the northern, southern and middle mines.Publisher: British Library…
Sir John Boardman
Sir John Boardman is one of the foremost experts on ancient Greek art. His autobiography offers a mixture of scholarly reminiscence, reflection on family life, travelogue, and critique of classical…
William Buell Sprague
This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing’s Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because…
John Boardman,Claudia Wagner
Beazley Archive - Studies in Gems and Jewellery I
The Beazley Archive Studies in Gems and Jewellery IV
John Boardman,Brian Sauser
Addressing seemingly intractable systems problems in our society, this book focuses on the inherent opportunities and difficulties of a systems approach. It highlights the use of systemigrams and system of…
Claudia Wagner,John Boardman
The creation of miniature intaglios - or incised carvings - which could be impressed on clay or wax was one of the earliest crafts of civilisation.
Systemic thinking is the process of understanding how systems influence one another within a world of systems and has been defined as an approach to problem solving by viewing problems…
John Hopwood Boardman
John Hopwood Boardman's 'Arithmetic Rules and Reasons' is an invaluable resource for students and teachers of mathematics. With clear explanations and practical examples, this book offers a thorough grounding in…
John R ] [Boardman
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the…
Over 50 papers, first presented at the international congress ‘Greek Art in Motion’ (Lisbon, 2017) in honour of Sir John Boardman’s 90th Birthday, are collected here under the following headings…
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR’d book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have…
This volume provides both a textbook and reference work on the physical and biotic landscapes of Southern Africa, and how these environments have been, are and will be subject to…
Frank Marryat, John Boardman Trask
This memoir provides a fascinating account of Frank Marryat's adventures in the American West during the mid-nineteenth century. The book offers insights into the politics, economics, and social issues of…
An analysis of modelling soil erosion by water. Areas addressed include: model evaluation with common datasets; model evaluation with user-supplied datasets; modelling issues; model descriptions; and model applications - actual…
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop Global Change:Modelling Soil Erosion by Water , held at the University of Oxford, September 11-14, 1995
Sir John Boardman (University of Oxford)
This is a study of the relief plaques of the ‘Ordos bronzes’ and their kin in north China and Central Asia, including Peter the Great’s Treasure in the State Hermitage…
This study covers the period from the eighth century BC to the conquests of Alexander the Great and the establishment of the Greek monarchies some five centuries later. It demonstrates…
The essays collected together in this volume were written in honour of Professor Christopher Hawkes, in recognition of his stature as an international scholar and his generosity in encouraging the…
John Boardman Whitton,Stephen Lucius Gwynn
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