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Hellenistic Architecture: An Introductory Study

Book by Theodore Fyfe; Cambridge University Press, 1936

Subjects:

Architecture, Ancient, Architecture, Greek

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HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE LONDON Cambridge University...painted. Ptolemaic-Roman period. HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE An Introductory Study...various aspects of Greek and Hellenistic architecture is already so great that the...
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Hellenistic Engraved Gems

Book by Dimitris Plantzos; Clarendon Press, 1999

Subjects:

Engraved Gems, Hellenistic

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This lavishly illustrated volume traces the development of Greek gem engraving from Alexander to Augustus.
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Handbook of Classical Rhetoric in the Hellenistic Period : 330 B.C.-A.D. 400

Book by Stanley E. Porter; Brill, 2001

Subjects:

Criticism--Greece--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Greek Literature, Hellenistic--History And Criticism--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc, Rhetoric, Ancient--Handbooks, Manuals, Etc

Collections: Religious Studies, Literature, Entire Library

...CLASSICAL RHETORIC IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD (330 B.C.-A.D. 400...CLASSICAL RHETORIC IN THE HELLENISTIC PERIOD 330 B.C.-A.D. 400...of classical rhetoric in the Hellenistic period, 330 B.C.-A.D. 400...
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Architecture through the Ages

Book by Talbot Hamlin; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1940

Subjects:

Architecture--Europe--History, Architecture--History

Collections: History, Entire Library

...6. THE ARCHITECTURE OF ANCIENT HISTORIC GREECE 111 7. HELLENISTIC ARCHITECTURE 132 8. ROMAN ARCHITECTURE 141 9. PROVINCIAL...
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The Golden House of Nero: Some Aspects of Roman Architecture

Book by Axel Boëthius; University of Michigan Press, 1960

Subjects:

Architecture, Roman, Cities And Towns, Ancient, City Planning--Rome

Collections: History, Entire Library

...to connect it with the Hellenistic architecture of that period. The most...of Athens. 32 This Hellenistic axial architecture certainly had importance...monumental axial planning in Hellenistic architecture. In trying to trace...

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Jewish History during the Hellenistic and Roman Empires

Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 46, 2003

Subjects:

The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World (Book)

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

Jewish History during the Hellenistic and Roman Empires. 4352 The History of the Jews in the Greco-Roman World, by Peter Schafer. Routledge, London 2003 (our...
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Southern Bactria and Northern India before Islam: A Review of Archaeological Reports

Journal article by Gerard Fussman; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 116, 1996

Subjects:

Afghanistan--Art, Central Asia--Art, Excavations (Archaeology)--Reports, Swat, Pakistan--Art, Uttar Pradesh, India--Art

Collections: Religious Studies, History, Entire Library

...devoted to studies of the Hellenistic architecture and the decorative art of...Guillaume 1983, xi), are: Hellenistic, Greek, city, urbanism. History...archaeology, with its emphasis on architecture, art, and political history...
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Kulturkonflikte Im Vorderen Orient

Journal article by Susan B. Downey; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 126, 2006

Subjects:

Books--Book reviews, Kulturkonflikte im Vorderen Orient (Book)--Book reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...The lack of Hellenistic influence in architecture is well illustrated...of the late Hellenistic-early Imperial...decorated architecture or altars...the funerary architecture and sculpture...bullae of Hellenistic Uruk to discuss...
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Illustrations of the Restortion of Ancient Buildings

Journal article; Architectural Science Review, Vol. 47, 2004

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...Gerasa) was another important trading centre during the late Hellenistic and the Roman era. The book shows reconstructions of several...there are also some interesting illustrations of the (later) architecture of the Umayyad Caliphate These four volumes will particularly...
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On Drums and Strings and Trumpet Blasts

Journal article by Anne Draffkorn Kilmer; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 122, 2002

Subjects:

Die Musikkultur Altisraels/Palastinas: Studien zu archaologischen, schriftlichen und vergleichenden Quellen (Book)--Reviews

Collections: History, Entire Library

...importance in the realms of architecture, theater, representational arts, and especially music. Hellenistic Idumaean music culture resulted...syncretistic nature of the Hellenistic-Roman music world. The Nabataeans...their rich and unique art, architecture, and ceramic industry. As...

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Water Water

Magazine article by Peter Davey; The Architectural Review, Vol. 204, December 1998

Subjects:

Architecture--Design and construction, Water in landscape architecture--History

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...Poseidon at Sounion, dramatic above the sea on its cape. The Hellenistic civilizations had engineering technologies which prefigured...dEste by Pirro Ligorio in the 1550s. 7 Scully, Vincent, Architecture: The Natural and the Man Made, St Martins Press, New York...
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Architects, Planners and the Classical City

Magazine article by Ray Laurence; History Today, Vol. 43, November 1993

Subjects:

Architecture, British--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Architecture, Roman--Influence, Classicism in architecture--United Kingdom, Neoclassicism (Architecture)--United Kingdom

Collections: History, Entire Library

...plaster imitating stone. He might have gone further to suggest that Roman public architecture under the first emperor, Augustus, freely quoted earlier Hellenistic examples to forge a new style. So, now, in the 1990s, we see a pluracy of competing...
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The Second Fall of Rome

Magazine article by Michael Lind; The Wilson Quarterly, Vol. 24, Winter 2000

Subjects:

Civilization, Classical--Influence, Civilization, Western--Sources, Latin literature--Influence, Rome (Ancient)--Influence

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Rome. Rhetoric, a Greek and Hellenistic art brought to perfection...19th and 20th centuries was architecture. Beginning with late 18th-century...prolonged rebellion against the Hellenistic/Roman/Renaissance tradition...and "derivative" eras of Hellenistic culture, Roman civilization...
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Tony Smith

Magazine article by Donald Kuspit; Artforum International, Vol. 32, October 1993

Subjects:

Smith, Tony--Exhibitions, Steel sculpture--Exhibitions

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...completeness, straddle the boundary between sculpture and architecture, stretching the limits of both. Willy exists in the space...said of his work in general, a great "departure from the Hellenistic standard of things." In fact, he apparently shared the Abstract...
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DISCOVER ANCIENT LIBYA with History Today

Magazine article; History Today, Vol. 50, October 2000

Subjects:

Libya--Description and travel, Package tours--Libya

Collections: History, Entire Library

...classical gems -- monumental architecture jostling with street plans...Tatton-Brown, an expert in Hellenistic and Roman sites of the Mediterranean...Ptolemais, founded by the Hellenistic rulers of Egypt. This partially...forum, monumental streets, a Hellenistic palace and huge water cisterns...

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ARCHITECTURE : Majestic Vision Built to Impress All Spectators; Liverpool's Instantly Recognisable Waterfront Comprises Three Very Special Buildings. Peter Elson Takes a Closer Look

Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), June 9, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...architectural historian Quentin Hughes, in his book Liverpool City of Architecture, asked: Was this an implication that those who worked here...the entrance, according to Prof Hughes, is modelled on the Hellenistic temple at Baalbek. Thrown into this pot pourri are what were...
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Living in the Holy Land with Jesus; Few Arabs; Greek Spoken

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, March 6, 2004

Subjects:

Gibson, Mel

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...capital city of Petra, with columns and facades carved out of rose-colored living rock, was and is a marvel of Hellenistic architecture. The Romans, who had conquered both the Holy Land and Syria during the century before Jesus birth, did not...
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Literate Uruguay Is Bastion of Secularism: Deep Tradition of Democracy a Century Old

Newspaper article by Larry Witham; The Washington Times, January 7, 1996

Subjects:

Uruguay

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...political passions of South Americas Southern Cone. Yet this Hellenistic import is more than just the baggage of a Uruguayan population...more homage to the classical West, in literature and public architecture, than to indigenous folk culture. The result, some have...
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Egypt Revives Its 'Great Library'

Newspaper article by Erling Hoh; The Washington Times, May 16, 2001

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Bibliotheca Alexandrina, a spectacular piece of high-tech architecture billed as the revival of the ancient Library of Alexandria...greatest cities on earth, and its library was the beacon of Hellenistic civilization. A literal beacon also graced the citys harbor...
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Antalya; New Look in Turkish Riviera's Summer Capital

Newspaper article; The Washington Times, July 15, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...agora. The two round towers of the Hellenistic Gates of Perge are gems. Although much...Su, although it looks much older in architecture. Kempinski Hotel the Dome is in Belek...carved by artisans familiar with the architecture of the Seljuks, predecessors of the...

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Hellenistic Civilization

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

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...Alexandrian Age, and the end of Hellenistic civilization is generally...ornate and superimpressive in architecture, although town plans and...catalogs. The literature of the Hellenistic period has been stigmatized...peoples they conquered, and Hellenistic civilization was absorbed...
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Greek Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...reveal Asian influences. The Hellenistic architecture (see Hellenistic civilization...Greeks, was cultivated by the Hellenistic architects, among them Hippodamus...design. The Orders of Greek Architecture Of the three great styles...
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Islamic Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Mughal art replaced it in the 17th cent. (see Mughal art and architecture ). The square Char Minar of Hyderabad (1591) with large arches...are unglazed wares, molded pieces with the lead glaze of Hellenistic tradition, and most famous, the lusterware fragments. In...
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Indian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...the principles of Indian architecture were developed in wooden...influenced by 2d-century Hellenistic art and was itself highly...classical poses with flowing Hellenistic draperies. Farther east...to ornamental details. Architecture and Sculpture of the Hindu...
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Persian Art and Architecture

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...250 b.c.). Theirs is essentially a crude art, synthesizing Hellenistic motifs with Iranian forms. Buildings of dressed stone and...barrel vault was constructed of rubble and brick. Sassanid architecture is decorated with carved stone or stucco reliefs and makes...

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