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 | | In this new archaeological study, Arthur Demarest brings the lost pre-Columbian civilization of the Maya to life. In applying a holistic perspective to the most recent evidence from archaeology, paleoecology, and epigraphy, this theoretical interpretation emphasises both the brilliant rain forest adaptations ... More » Edition year: 2004 Price: 100.00 zł |
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 NEW | | Nearly a millennium before the Inca forged a pan-Andean empire in the South American Andes, Tiwanaku emerged as a major center of political, economic, and religious life on the mountainous southern shores of Lake Titicaca. Tiwanaku influenced vast regions of the Andes and became one of the most important ... More » Edition year: 2010 Price: 98.00 zł |
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 NEW Bargain | | Series Editors: Luboš Jiráň, Natalie Venclová These eight volumes represent the most extensive outline published until now of Czech prehistory from the Palaeolithic to the Migration period. It summarizes the present state of the art, shows different approaches to the study of Bohemian prehistory and introduces a new review of archaeological data ... More » Edition year: 2008 Price: 970.00 zł 670.00 zł |
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Art and Judaism in the Greco-Roman World explores the Jewish experience with art during the Greco-Roman period - from the Hellenistic period through the rise of Islam. It starts with the premise that Jewish art in antiquity was a ‘minority’ or ‘ethnic’ art and surveys ways ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 243.00 zł |
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 | | This important volume describes the extraordinary art created in the second millennium B.C. for royal palaces, temples, and tombs from Mesopotamia, Syria, and Anatolia to Cyprus, Egypt, and the Aegean. Objects of the highest artistry reflect the development of a sophisticated trade network throughout ... More » Edition year: 2008 Price: 240.00 zł |
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 | | In the 1960s art fell out of time; both artists and critics lost their temporal bearings in response to what E. M. Cioran called "not being entitled to time." This anxiety and uneasiness about time, which Pamela Lee calls "chronophobia," cut across movements, media, and genres, and ... More » Edition year: 2006 Price: 109.00 zł |
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 NEW | | Maya art and hieroglyphs constitute one of the world's most fascinating, visually striking, and complex systems of expression. Most scholarly interpretations of Maya art and culture have emphasized that this ancient civilization was oriented toward inland centres and preoccupied with the blood of royal ... More » Edition year: 2010 Price: 195.00 zł |
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 | | Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519) is renowned as a painter, designer, draftsman, architect, engineer, scientist, and theorist. His work as a sculptor is not commonly acknowledged, and many have argued that Leonardo believed that sculpture was an inferior art form (“of lesser genius than painting”). ... More » Edition year: 2009 Price: 165.00 zł |
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 | | Wojciech Wilczyk zaliczany jest do grona najwybitniejszych polskich artystów fotografików średniego pokolenia. Jednym z najbardziej znanych projektów artysty jest cykl "Życie po życiu/Life after life", który w 2005 roku zaprezentowało Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej ... More » Edition year: 2007 Price: 18.50 zł |
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 | | Situated high in the Peruvian Andes, the 15th-century Inca palace complex at Machu Picchu is one of the most spectacular archaeological sites in the world. In this illustrated volume, leading American and Peruvian scholars provide an overview of the site, its place within the Inca empire, the mysteries ... More » Edition year: 2004 Price: 150.00 zł |
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