Ancient Roman villas

the essential sourcebook

This authoritative compendium of newly translated primary sources reveals ancient Roman attitudes on every aspect of villas, from selection of place and construction activities to day-to-day management and lived experiences. While the term villa is generic today, its meaning extended across the entirety of ancient ...

Ancient Thrace and the classical world

treasures from Bulgaria, Romania, and Greece

A captivating examination of the profound impact Thracian art and culture had on the Greeks and the entire northern Aegean region. The Thracians-a collection of tribal peoples who inhabited territories north of ancient Greece, an area that comprises present-day Bulgaria, much of Romania, and parts ...

The secrets we keep

hidden histories of the Byzantine Empire

An intriguing look at secrecy during the Byzantine Empire and the role of the art historian in seeking truth. Secrecy has played a role throughout human history and continues to capture the popular imagination. Some of the most seductive aspects of the Byzantine Empire-such as ...

The book of marvels

a medieval guide to the globe

This fascinating volume explores an important fifteenth-century illustrated manuscript tradition that provides a revealing glimpse of how western Europeans conceptualized the world. From the classical encyclopedias of Pliny to famous tales such as The Travels of Marco Polo, historical travel writing has had a lasting ...

Picture worlds

storytelling on Greek, Moche, and Maya pottery

This abundantly illustrated volume is the first to explore the painted pottery of the ancient Greek, Moche, and Maya cultures side by side. Satyrs and sphinxes, violent legumes, and a dancing maize deity figure in the stories painted on the pottery produced by the ancient ...

Códice Maya de México

understanding the oldest surviving book of the Americas

An in-depth exploration of the history, authentication, and modern relevance of Códice Maya de México, the oldest surviving book of the Americas. Ancient Maya scribes recorded prophecies and astronomical observations on the pages of painted books. Although most were lost to decay or destruction, three ...

Uruk

first city of the Ancient World

This abundantly illustrated volume explores the genesis and flourishing of Uruk, the first known metropolis in the history of humankind. More than one hundred years ago, discoveries from a German archaeological dig at Uruk, roughly two hundred miles south of present-day Baghdad, sent shock waves ...

The adventures of Gillion de Trazegnies

Chivalry and Romance in the Medieval East

One of the finest works from the golden era of Flemish manuscript illumination, the Getty s copy of the "Romance of Gillion de Trazegnies" tells of the adventures of a medieval nobleman. Part travelogue, part romance, and part epic, the text traces the exciting exploits ...

A masterpiece reconstructed

the Hours of Louis XII

Jean Bourdichon was the court painter to four successive French kings including Louis XII and his predecessor, Charles VIII. Bourdichon painted the Hours of Louis XII for the king of France around the time of Louis' coronation in 1498. Published on the occasion of an ...

Saints in art

Gods and heroes in art

A parisian book of hours

the Spitz Master

Masaccio

Saint Andrew and the Pisa altarpiece

A guide to the preventive conservation of photograph collections

Archaic Korai