Private Lives, Imperial Virtues; The Frieze of the Forum Transitorium in the Rome
by D'Ambra,Eve
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition/Good
- ISBN 10
- 0691040974
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040974
- Seller
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About This Item
Princeton University Press, New Jersey, 1993. First Edition. Hardcover (Original Cloth). Very Good Condition/Good. Illustrator: Photographic. list of illustrations, acknowledgements, abbreviations frequently cited works, bibliography, two appendices, architecture and typography, art history and related studies, history, ancient sources, literary studies, index and plates. Yellow marbled coloured endpapers. The text is illustrated with 91 black-and-white photographs, floor plans and maps. Tan coloured cloth covered boards with gilt titles to the backstrip. Photographic dustwrapper with white coloured titles to the front panel and backstrip. In this book the author looks at the frieze of he Forum Transitorium in Rome and hypothesises that the "... art depicting mythological themes served as an instrument of social policy in the Roman Empire."  From the front fold over panelled blurb. Rubbing to the book corners. A hint of rubbing it to the dustwrapper edges. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. (6), VII-XVIII, (2), 3-157, (1), then 64 unpaginated pages for photographs.. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Illustrator: Photographic. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: History; Sociology; Italy; Ancient (BC); Art & Design. ISBN: 0691040974. ISBN/EAN: 9780691040974. Inventory No: 0112557. . 9780691040974
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- Bookseller
- Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0112557
- Title
- Private Lives, Imperial Virtues; The Frieze of the Forum Transitorium in the Rome
- Author
- D'Ambra,Eve
- Illustrator
- Photographic
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (Original Cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Jacket Condition
- Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0691040974
- ISBN 13
- 9780691040974
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Jersey
- Date Published
- 1993
- Keywords
- BZDB2 Forum Transitorium frieze  interpretation, art, social history  Roman, art, Arachne Greek mythology History; Sociology; Italy; Ancient (BC); Art & Design. Photographic Unbranded ISBN: 0691040974 EAN: 9780691040974 D
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About Syber's Books ABN 40533682787
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