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The Embodied Icon: Liturgical Vestments and Sacramental Power in Byzantium.

Warren T. Woodfin
$125.00
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Hardback,  Feb 2012 ISBN13: 9780199592098ISBN10: 0199592098 Extensively illustrated with images from a variety of media.

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The Temple of Athena at Assos

Bonna Daix Wescoat
$180.00
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Hardback,  Mar 2012 ISBN13: 9780198143826ISBN10: 0198143826 In-depth analysis of the architectural design and detail enables assessment of the Assos temple against its backdrop of 6th century BC architecture

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Ancient Rome as a Museum

Power, Identity, and the Culture of Collecting
Steven Rutledge
$135.00
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Hardback,  Jun 2012 ISBN13: 9780199573233ISBN10: 0199573239 Considers in detail how cultural objects from across the Roman Empire constructed, reflected, and challenged a specific Roman identity.

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Nectar and Illusion

Nature in Byzantine Art and Literature
Henry Maguire
$55.00
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Hardback,  Jul 2012 ISBN13: 9780199766604ISBN10: 0199766606 Provides the first book-length study of the role of nature in Byzantine art

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Medusa's Gaze

The Extraordinary Journey of the Tazza Farnese
Marina Belozerskaya
$24.95
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Hardback,  Sep 2012 ISBN13: 9780199739318ISBN10: 0199739315 A full-length account of the Tazza Farnese's journey through history, including the full story of its near destruction in a Naples museum

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Technologies of Enchantment?

Exploring Celtic Art: 400 BC to AD 100
Duncan Garrow, Chris Gosden
$150.00
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Hardback,  Oct 2012 ISBN13: 9780199548064ISBN10: 0199548064 Locates Celtic art in its historical and archaeological context
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