Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age written by Anthony Harding and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of the European Bronze Age is a wide-ranging survey of a crucial period in prehistory during which many social, economic, and technological changes took place. Written by expert specialists in the field, the book provides coverage both of the themes that characterize the period, and of the specific developments that took place in the various countries of Europe. After an introduction and a discussion of chronology, successive chapters deal with settlement studies, burial analysis, hoards and hoarding, monumentality, rock art, cosmology, gender, and trade, as well as a series of articles on specific technologies and crafts (such as transport, metals, glass, salt, textiles, and weighing). The second half of the book covers each country in turn. From Ireland to Russia, Scandinavia to Sicily, every area is considered, and up to date information on important recent finds is discussed in detail. The book is the first to consider the whole of the European Bronze Age in both geographical and thematic terms, and will be the standard book on the subject for the foreseeable future.

Download or read book European Sculpture 1400 1900 in the Metropolitan Museum of Art written by Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 2011 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This beautiful book features masterpieces of sculpture in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum dating from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century. Celebrated works by the great European sculptors - including Luca and Andrea della Robbia, Juan Mart©Ưnez Monta©ł©♭s, Gianlorenzo Bernini, Jean-Antoine Houdon, Bertel Thorvaldsen, Antoine-Louis Barye, Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux, Edgar Degas, and Auguste Rodin- are joined by striking new additions to the collection, notably Franz Xaver Messerschmidt's remarkable bust of a troubled and introspective man. The ninety-two selected examples are diverse in media (marble, bronze, wood, terracotta, and ivory) and size - ranging from a tiny oil lamp fantastically conceived and decorated by the Renaissance bronze sculptor Riccio to Antonio Canova's eight-foot-high Perseus with the Head of Medusa, executed in the heroic Neoclassical style. Incorporating information from the latest scholarly research and recent conservation studies, sculpture specialist Ian Wardropper discusses the history and significance of the highlighted works, each of which is reproduced with glorious new photography.

Download or read book European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection written by Manfred Leithe-Jasper and published by Maria Teresa Train Mtt Scala. This book was released on 2004 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference tool for universities, libraries, curators, collectors and dealers. The sculptures in the Quentin Collection reveal the extraordinary range of artistry, invention and technical refinement characteristic of works made when the tradition of the European statuette was at its height.

Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bronzes of European Origin in the South Kensington Museum written by South Kensington Museum and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 546 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book European Societies in the Bronze Age written by A. F. Harding and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2000-05-18 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Bronze Age, roughly 2500 to 750 BC, was the last fully prehistoric period in Europe and a crucial element in the formation of the Europe that emerged into history in the later first millennium BC. This book focuses on the material culture remains of the period, and through them provides an interpretation of the main trends in human development that occurred during this timespan. It pays particular attention to the discoveries and theoretical advances of the last twenty years that have necessitated a major revision of received opinions about many aspects of the Bronze Age. Arranged thematically, it reviews the evidence for a range of topics in cross-cultural fashion, defining which major characteristics of the period were universal and which culture and area-specific. The result is a comprehensive study that will be of value to specialists and students, while remaining accessible to the non-specialist.

Download or read book A descriptive catalogue of the Bronzes of European origin in the South Kensington Museum With an introductory notice by C D E Fortnum written by Victoria and Albert Museum and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 552 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book European Bronzes 1450 1700 written by Lars Olof Larsson and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bronzes of European Origin in the South Kensington Museum written by South Kensington Museum and published by . This book was released on 1876 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Bronze Age in Europe written by J. M. Coles and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-30 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an account of the development of European culture and society during the Bronze Age, the time span between c. 2000 and 700 BC. It was a period of remarkable innovation, seen for instance in the development and growth of metallurgy as a major industry, the spread of trading contacts, the origins of urbanism and the beginnings of social stratification. The study is divided chronologically into two, the earlier and later Bronze Age, giving a clear picture of the nature of the radical changes which occurred in the period as a whole. The geographical area covered, from the Atlantic shores across Europe into the Soviet Union and from northern Scandinavia to the Mediterranean, is too vast to be taken as one unit, and has been broken down into five regions; each is discussed in terms of settlement form, burial practices, ritual and religious sites, material culture, economic and social background, and trading patterns. The book describes and develops common themes that link together the different areas and cultural groups, rather than taking the typographical approach often adopted by Bronze Age specialists, and uses the results of radiocarbon dating to establish an objective chronology for the period. The text is generously illustrated and fully documented with radiocarbon dating tables and extensive bibliography. Our understanding of Bronze Age Europe is still increasing, but no other book of this scope had been written before this, in 1979. It is a major study of its time of interest to anyone looking beyond popular accounts of the day.

Download or read book Gods and Heroes of the European Bronze Age written by Kaitē Dēmakopoulou and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Features text and accompanying photographs of artifacts recovered from the bronze age in Europe, including figurines, jewelry, weapons, and armor

Download or read book Birds and the Culture of the European Bronze Age written by Joakim Goldhahn and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how archaeologists gain knowledge about past ontologies, and explores the role that birds played in Bronze Age economy, ritual and religion.

Download or read book Bronze Age cultures in Central and Eastern Europe written by Marija Gimbutas and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-25 with total page 785 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Local Societies in Bronze Age Northern Europe written by Nils Anfinset and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-10-14 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to understand the process of the Bronze Age societies of Northern Europe which are often regarded as the periphery and a bleak contrast to the Central European Bronze Age. The Bronze Age is the first "globalised" period with new types of societies and new modes of exchange and trade. In this context there is considerable local variation and diversity within the Bronze Age societies of Northern Europe which is poorly understood, although there have been advances and changes in this research. Therefore this book challenges some of the mainstream opinions on the Bronze Age of Northern Europe, and focus on local and regional aspects. This is done by a series of articles from significant contributors that deal with these issues on theoretical and empirical levels, with regards to differences, cultural dualism, boundaries, regions and regionality in a period of increased "globalisation". The result is a movement away from local and regional aspects toward communications, travels and contacts between northern Europe and the greater world, not only towards Central Europe and the Near East but also towards the east. Northern/Arctic Europe is often left out in these discussions, and this book will contribute to this greater picture of the Bronze Age world.

Download or read book Catalogue of Bronzes and Ivories of European Origin Exhibited in 1879 written by Burlington Fine Arts Club and published by . This book was released on 1879 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book European Bronzes in the Royal Ontario Museum written by Royal Ontario Museum and published by Toronto, Canada : The Museum. This book was released on 1982 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The objects described and depicted range from late Classical and Byzantine examples to art nouveau and art deco statuettes for the early 20th century. The pride of the collection, however, consists of Renaissance and Baroque statuettes representing the development of the art in Italy, German, France, the Netherlands, Spain and England."--Jacket.

Download or read book A Descriptive Catalogue of the Bronzes of European Origin in the South Kensington Museum written by Anonymous and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-03-12 with total page 490 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1876.

Download or read book Library of Congress Subject Headings written by Library of Congress and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 1278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: