Essays on Art and Archaeology

Klappentext Lectures on archaeology and classical art by the Victorian archaeologist Charles Thomas Newton (1816 1894). Zusammenfassung Charles Thomas Newton (1816–1894) was a British archaeologist specialising in Greek and Roman artefacts. First published in 1880, this volume is a compilation of his lectures on archaeology and classical art, which provides valuable information on early methods of archaeology and the study of classical art. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. On the study of archaeology; 2. On the arrangement of the collections of art and antiquities in the British Museum; 3. Greek sculptures from the west coast of Asia Minor; 4. On Greek inscriptions; 5. Discoveries at Ephesos; 6. Dr. Schliemann's discoveries at Mycenae; 7. Researches in Cyprus; 8. Discoveries at Olympia; 9. Greek art in the Kimmerian Bosporos; 10. The bronze head in the Castellani collection; 11. Greek numismatics; Appendix - Greek inscription from Halikarnassos; Index.

Product details

• Authors: Charles Thomas Newton, Newton Charles Thomas
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.12.2010
• EAN: 9781108017411
• ISBN: 978-1-108-01741-1
• No. of pages: 500
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -; Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Pre and early history; Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, History of Art, Ancient World, Ancient Rome, Archaeology by period / region, Classical style, History of art: ancient & classical art,BCE to c 500 CE, Classical Greek & Roman archaeology, Ancient Greek style, Ancient Roman style