Surveys the symbolism, meanings, and historical associations of more than 1000 images and signs

The Dictionary of Graphic Images

Davenport, Peter

Thompson, Philip

Arts & Photography

St Martins Pr

For almost three hundred years, excavations have been carried out in Roman Bath. At first these were rare and sporadic and archaeological finds were made by chance. Even fewer were reported. But from the 1860s, deliberate investigations were made and increasingly professional methods employed. The Roman Baths were laid open to view, but little was published. From the 1950s, interest accelerated, professionals and amateurs collaborated, and there was never a decade in which some new discovery was not made. The first popular but authoritative presentation of this work was made in 1971 and updated several times. However, from the 1990s to the present there has been some sort of archaeological investigation almost every year. This has thrown much new and unexpected light on the town of Aquae Sulis and its citizens. In this book, Peter Davenport, having been involved in most of the archaeological work in Bath since 1980, attempts to tell the story of Roman Bath: the latest interim report on the 'Three Hundred Year Dig'.

Roman Bath: A New History and Archaeology of Aquae Sulis

History

Europe

The History Press

The Hindenberg disaster. Andy Warhol's Campbells Soup Can. Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grating. The first step onto the Moon. These powerful images have left an indelible impression in our collective mind's eye. This mesmerizing little volume celebrates these and hundreds of other artistic and cultural touchstoneswithout actually reproducing them. Each page is devoted to a single image, with a caption providing its title or description and the date that it was created. Just that information evokes the image vividly. The page itself is blank. Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother. The album cover of Sgt. Pepper. A man facing a row of tanks in Tiananmen Square. Arranged in chronological order from 1900 to the present, these images are a testament to the enduring impact of photography, art, and the imageas well as to the graphic precision of our shared memory bank. It's also a great pop quiz on cultural literacy.

Unforgettable: Images That Have Changed Our Lives

World

Chronicle Books+

This first report describes the excavation of the sacred spring and the temple itself between 1978 and 1984. There are reconstructions of the temple and full publication of all the inscribed and sculptured stones from the Roman Baths.

The Temple of Sulis Minerva at Bath, Volume 1, The Site

CUNLIFFE, Barry

Ancient Civilizations

Oxford University School of Archaeology

This report describes three excavations within the town and some other fieldwork, including Swallow Street where substantial Roman foundations underlay late Saxon material. In Abbey St a Roman mosaic and post-Roman burials were excavated. The report includes finds from these sites, and other field investigations around the city.

Archaeology in Bath 1976-1985: Excavations at Orange Grove, Swallow Street, The Crystal Palace, Abbey Street (Oxford University Committee for Archaeology Monograph)