Libros de la editorial BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS

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  • SUDAN ANCIENT TREASURES

    WELSBY, D. A.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2004)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1960-1
    • EAN: 9780714119601
    • Páginas: 336
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.61,00 €

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    Sudan is the largest country in Africa covering over 2.5 million square kilometres. For millennia it has been the zone of contact between Central Africa and the Mediterranean and Middle Eastern worlds. Yet Sudan is ...

  • CHINESE SILK

    VAINKER, S

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2004)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1479-8
    • EAN: 9780714114798
    • Páginas: 224
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.52,00 €

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    A sumptuously illustrated survey of the production and significance of silk in China from prehistory to the present day.
    Silk is one of China's major contributions to world civilisation, the secrets of its cultivation closely ...

  • THE PRINT COLLECTION OF FERDINAND COLUMBUS 1488-1539. 3 VOLS

    MCDONALD, M. P.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2004)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2638-8
    • EAN: 9780714126388
    • Páginas: 880
    • Fecha de edición: 2004

    pvp.195,50 €

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    The first decades of the 16th century witnessed the unprecedented development of the artist's print. It was a time of great discoveries when the most prominent Renaissance artists, such as Albrecht Durer, Lucas van Leyden ...

  • EXCAVATIONS AT TELL EL-BALAMUN 1999-2001

    SPENCER, A. J.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2003)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1958-8
    • EAN: 9780714119588
    • Páginas: 108
    • Fecha de edición: 2003

    pvp.131,00 €

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    This is the third in a series of final reports on the British Museum's excavations at Tell el-Balamun in the Nile Delta of Egypt. The exploration of the sacred area of the ancient city, continued ...

  • CATALOGUE OF PUNIC STELAE IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

    MENDLESON, CAROLE

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2003)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-86159-098-8
    • EAN: 9780861590988
    • Páginas: 110
    • Fecha de edición: 2003

    pvp.41,96 €

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    This catalogue discusses aspects of Carthaginian or 'Punic' culture as shown by the inscribed and carved stones, or stelae, in the British Museum's collections. These stelae were acquired during the 19th century in North Africa, ...

  • EARTHLY PARADISES: ANCIENT GARDENS IN HISTORY AND ARCHAEOLOGY

    CARROLL, MAUREEN

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2003)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2768-2
    • EAN: 9780714127682
    • Páginas: 144
    • Fecha de edición: 2003

    pvp.42,00 €

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    The cultivation of gardens played an integral role in the public, private and economic spheres of the ancient world. Whether grown as sources of food, symbols of wealth and prestige, or as dwellings for the ...

  • ALBRECHT DURER AND HIS LEGACY; THE GRAPHIC WORK OF A RENAISSANCE ARTIST

    BARTRUM, GIULIA

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2633-3
    • EAN: 9780714126333
    • Páginas: 320
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.61,00 €

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    Dürer is undoubtedly the most significant artist of the northern Renaissance. This book traces his career from his early work in the medieval tradition of Martin Schongauer, through his education in the classical tradition in ...

  • SAFAVID ART AND ARCHITECTURE

    CANBY, S.R.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1152-0
    • EAN: 9780714111520
    • Páginas: 160
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.80,00 €

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    Iran under the Safavid rulers (1501-1722) was a time of particular innovation and excellence in all the arts. This collection of 18 essays by leading scholars from Europe, the USA and Iran on aspects of ...

  • QUEEN OF SHEBA "TREASURES FROM ANCIENT YEMEN"

    SIMPSON, J.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1151-3
    • EAN: 9780714111513
    • Páginas: 224
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.44,66 €

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    Throughout the ages, the legendary Queen of Sheba has evoked images of beauty, power and wealth, yet remained cloaked in mystery.
    The story behind the legend will be revealed through everyday objects from the kingdom ...

  • PORCELAIN REPAIR AND RESTORATION: A HANDBOOK

    WILLIAMS, N.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2757-6
    • EAN: 9780714127576
    • Páginas: 160
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.35,00 €

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    The long-awaited new edition of this unique practical handbook offers step-by-step instructions on repairing and restoring porcelain, with photographs and diagrams to guide the user through each stage in the process. Would-be restorers are introduced ...

  • HANDBOOK OF MODERN BRITISH PAINTING AND PRINTMAKING 1900-1990

    WINDSOR, A.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2216-8
    • EAN: 9780714122168
    • Páginas: 334
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.44,32 €

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    Fully revised and updated with over 190 more entries and nowincluding printmakers. 'An extremely valuable publication and gives a balanced view of the work of a very wide range of artists. I am impressed by ...

  • THE ARCTIC VOYAGES OF MARTIN FROSBISHER: AN ELIZABETHAN ADVENTURE

    MCGHEE, R.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2002)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2564-0
    • EAN: 9780714125640
    • Páginas: 208
    • Fecha de edición: 2002

    pvp.37,50 €

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    An account of the adventures of English marine explorer Martin Frobisher into Arctic Canada in 1576-8. With the blessing of Queen Elizabeth I, the privateer and adventurer Martin Frobisher took up the search for a ...

  • DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE IN ANCIENT EGYPT

    TAYLOR, JOHN H.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1917-5
    • EAN: 9780714119175
    • Páginas: 272
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.28,10 €

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    Of all the ancient peoples, the Egyptians are perhaps best known for the fascinating ways in which they grappled with the mysteries of death and the afterlife. This beautifully illustrated book draws on the British ...

  • COLOUR AND PAINTING IN ANCIENT EGYPT

    DAVIES, W. VIVIAN

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1928-1
    • EAN: 9780714119281
    • Páginas: 192
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.55,89 €

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    Taken from an international colloquium held at the British Museum in 1996, these 23 papers discuss recent developments in the study of pictorial colour in ancient Egypt. Presenting new data, fresh interpretations and ideas the ...

  • CATALOGUE OF THE GERMANIC ANTIQUITIES FROM THE KLEMM COLLECTION IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM

    ORLINSKA, GRAYZNA

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2318-9
    • EAN: 9780714123189
    • Páginas: 276
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.228,38 €

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    Gustav Friedrich Klemm (1802-67) was an avid scholar and collector of antiquities, based for most of his life in Dresden. In 1868 A.W. Franks acquired a major part of his collection for The British Museum. ...

  • THE ART OF THE LOOM WEAVING SPRINNING AND DYEING ACROS THE WORLD

    HECHT, A.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2553-4
    • EAN: 9780714125534
    • Páginas: 208
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.27,20 €

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    Colourful and sometimes complex textiles are still produced in many parts of the world using only the simplest tools and equipment. This book focuses on eight areas of special interest - Navaho weaving in North ...

  • MINOANS

    LESLEY FITTON, J.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-2140-6
    • EAN: 9780714121406
    • Páginas: 200
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.55,00 €

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    Explores the history of the Minoans: their origins, development, major achievements and continuing legacy.
    Who were the Minoans, and why do we find them interesting? This book assesses what we really know about their ...

  • SYLLOGE NUMMORUM GRAECORUM VOL. IX: THE BRITISH MUSEUM, PART2. SPAIN

    BAGWELL, P.

    BRITISH MUSEUM PRESS (2001)

    valoración

    • ISBN: 978-0-7141-1802-4
    • EAN: 9780714118024
    • Páginas: 192
    • Fecha de edición: 2001

    pvp.178,00 €

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    This second Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum volume devoted to the collection of The British Museum constitutes the full publication, for the first time, of the Museum's holdings of ancient Spanish coins. In total1,802 coins from over ...