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Babylon Myth and Reality

FINKEL I L

Reference

The British Museum Press

The Greeks began to settle in southern Italy in the 8th century BC. Their new cities quickly flourished, and there is no better evidence for their prosperity than the abundant coinages that most of them produced.

Historia Numorum: Italy

History

Ancient Civilizations

Language:Chinese.HardCover Pub Date: December 2003 Pages: 144 in Publisher: itish Museum Press For centuries the Admonitions handscroll has been celeated and treasured as one of the earliest and most important works in the history of Chinese art It illustrates episodes from an eighty- line poem entitled The Admonitions of the Instructress to the Court Ladies. Written in 292. the poem offers a code of ethics and etiquette addressed to the women of the imperial court. from empresses to concubines.

First Masterpiece of Chinese Painting (Hardback) /anglais

Arts & Photography

Shane McCausland

History & Criticism

The book looks at the history and work of the British Museum and, drawing on objects in its collections, offers an introduction to the world's rich and diverse cultural heritage.

The British Museum: English Edition

R. G. W. Anderson

Witch the Wild Ride from Wicked to Wicca

Candace Savage

This practical guide is split into seven main sections, each covering a key geographical area or historical period: Africa, the Americas, Ancient Egypt, Ancient Greece and Rome, Asia, Europe and the Middle East.\nAn introduction to the collections in each of these areas is followed by a curated selection of key objects, arranged by room number to help orientate your visit.\nFollowing this are seven themed galleries: Enlightenment, Collecting the world, the Waddesdon Bequest, Living and Dying, Clocks and watches, Money, and Prints and drawings. Fully illustrated in colour, there is a complete map of the Museum at the front of the guide, which gives detailed directions.\nThis is a perfect companion for visitors who want to savour the highlights of the collection.

El Museo Britanico

The British Museum

The study of Renaissance art has tended to concentrate on painting, sculpture and architecture. More recently, the focus has shifted to the so-called 'minor' arts, the study of which, however, is still in its infancy, even among specialists. Objects of Virtue explores the multiple meanings and values of the objects with which families like the Medici, Este and Gonzaga surrounded themselves. It examines, for the first time, the complicated relationships between the 'fine arts' - paintings and sculpture - and artefacts of other kinds for which artistry might be as important as utility - furniture, jewellery, and vessels made of gold, silver and bronze, precious and semiprecious stone, glass and ceramic. The works explored were designed and made by artists as famous as Pisanello, Mantegna, Giulio Romano and Michelangelo, as well as by lesser-known specialists - goldsmiths, gem-engravers, glassmakers and maiolica painters. The ways in which Renaissance art objects were read was determined by an alliance of interests. On the one hand, members of a wealthy elite were attempting to distinguish themselves from ordinary mortals through their buying, and, on the other, the commentators (often in the pockets of the elite) were both moulding and reflecting their choices. It was not enough that these objects were expensive. Their interpretation was shaped by the study of the glories of ancient Greece and Rome, and scholars worked hard to present the buying of art objects in the best possible light. They could do so only if goods were of the right kind; they had to be magnificent or splendid, while leaving room for the appreciation of their aesthetic qualities and the talent and art of their makers.

Objects of Virtue : Art in Renaissance Italy

Dora Thornton

Luke Syson

Authoritative, surprising, evocative and original, "Shakespeare: staging the world" offers a completely new approach to one of the most exceptional creative imaginations in history. While matters of religion, trade and war were being contested, the role of the playwright developed to inform, persuade and provoke debate on the concerns of the day. This richly illustrated book presents an extraordinary collection of objects from the British Museum's unrivalled collection, as well as key pieces from Britain and elsewhere. Simon Forman's diary of 1611 gives a vivid account of attending a contemporary performance of "A Winter's Tale"; a dagger fished from the Thames gives new resonance to the gang violence of "Romeo and Juliet"; while Guy Fawkes' lantern illustrates the Catholic counterculture revealed through the failed Gunpowder Plot, which was later to prove the inspiration for "Macbeth".  "Shakespeare: staging the world" is a fascinating view of the early modern world through the eyes of Shakespeare, his players and audiences. "A fascinating account of Shakespeare's cosmopolitan world, illustrated with breathtaking images that bring to life the rich material culture that shaped Shakespeare's writings and his age. This is a superb volume, one that will have pride of place on my bookshelf." (Professor James Shapiro, author of "1599" and "Contested Will").

Shakespeare: staging the world

BATE, Jonathan

Europe

Hadrian: empire and conflict

Even in the panoply of Roman history, Hadrian stands out. Emperor from 117 to 138 ad, he was at once a benevolent ruler and a ruthless military leader, known for his restless and ambitious nature, his interest in architecture, and his passion for Greek culture. This book moves beyond the familiar image of Hadrian to offer a new appraisal of this Emperor’s contradictory personality, his exploits and accomplishments, his rule, and his military role, against the backdrop of his twenty-one-year reign.  Lavishly illustrated with key works of art and objects, celebrated and little-known sculptures, bronzes, coins and medals, drawings, and watercolors from museums around the globe, the book conveys a vivid sense of the world Hadrian inhabited. Thorsten Opper shows the emperor from many angles—as a complex individual, as a military leader and strategist, as the amateur architect who created magnificent buildings such as his villa at Tivoli (an empire in miniature), as the lover who deified his male lover Antinous after his mysterious death in the Nile, and, finally, as the traveler who tirelessly roamed his empire and its boundaries.  From his place in Roman history to his legacy, which even makes its way into the popular culture of our day, the Hadrian who emerges from these pages is no longer larger than life; rather, he has all the depth and complexity, the color and shadings and detail of life itself.

Hadrian: Empire and conflict

Thorsten Opper

Biographies & Memoirs

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