Author: Chi, Jennifer Y., and Pedro Azara, eds.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166463
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, February 12-June 7, 2015.
From Ancient to Modern
Author: Chi, Jennifer Y., and Pedro Azara, eds.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166463
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, February 12-June 7, 2015.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691166463
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, February 12-June 7, 2015.
Eyewitness to History
Author: Stephen G. Hyslop
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426206526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
History comes alive in this engaging and lavishly illustrated chronicle, which spans world events and people from ancient times to the 21st century. The voices of the great and humble speak to us through songs, documents, edicts, poetry, letters, menus, and even graffiti, revealing each era's conflicts, daily life, arts, science, religion, and enduring influence. Interactive design focuses on the tangible artifacts of history, and magnificent illustrations--including period art, archival photographs, and expertly rendered scenes of long-ago events--bring vivid immediacy and eye appeal to every colorful spread. With its unique emphasis on voices from the past, its competitive price point, and its inviting, innovative design, Eyewitness to History is poised to be THE pick for value-minded customers looking for an absorbing take on world history.
Publisher: National Geographic Books
ISBN: 1426206526
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 468
Book Description
History comes alive in this engaging and lavishly illustrated chronicle, which spans world events and people from ancient times to the 21st century. The voices of the great and humble speak to us through songs, documents, edicts, poetry, letters, menus, and even graffiti, revealing each era's conflicts, daily life, arts, science, religion, and enduring influence. Interactive design focuses on the tangible artifacts of history, and magnificent illustrations--including period art, archival photographs, and expertly rendered scenes of long-ago events--bring vivid immediacy and eye appeal to every colorful spread. With its unique emphasis on voices from the past, its competitive price point, and its inviting, innovative design, Eyewitness to History is poised to be THE pick for value-minded customers looking for an absorbing take on world history.
Encyclopedia of World History
Author: Fiona Chandler
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794526887
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You will find the history of the world covering the major civilizations, rulers and events. The book paints a vivid picture of everyday life over thousands of years.
Publisher: Usborne Books
ISBN: 9780794526887
Category : Chronology, Historical
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
You will find the history of the world covering the major civilizations, rulers and events. The book paints a vivid picture of everyday life over thousands of years.
Essays in Ancient and Modern Historiography
Author: Arnaldo Momigliano
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226533859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Originally published 1977 by Basil Blackwell Oxford in Great Britain and by Wesleyan University Press in the United States."
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 0226533859
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 407
Book Description
"Originally published 1977 by Basil Blackwell Oxford in Great Britain and by Wesleyan University Press in the United States."
The Ancient Guide to Modern Life
Author: Natalie Haynes
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468300792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
“A wonderfully whimsical yet instructional view of Greco-Roman history.” —Kirkus Reviews In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy, politics, language, and art, it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time, to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves: Is Bart Simpson the successor to Aristophanes? Do the Beckhams have parallel lives with The Satiricon’s Trimalchio? Along the way Haynes debunks myths (gladiators didn’t salute the emperor before their deaths, and the last words of Julius Caesar weren’t “et tu, brute?”). From Athens to Zeno's paradox, this irresistible guide shows how the history and wisdom of the ancient world can inform and enrich our lives today. “A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the more obscure, writers, thought, and stories of Greece and Rome.” —Times Literary Supplement
Publisher: Abrams
ISBN: 1468300792
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 207
Book Description
“A wonderfully whimsical yet instructional view of Greco-Roman history.” —Kirkus Reviews In this thoroughly engaging book, Natalie Haynes brings her scholarship and wit to the most fascinating true stories of the ancient world. The Ancient Guide to Modern Life not only reveals the origins of our culture in areas including philosophy, politics, language, and art, it also draws illuminating connections between antiquity and our present time, to demonstrate that the Greeks and Romans were not so different from ourselves: Is Bart Simpson the successor to Aristophanes? Do the Beckhams have parallel lives with The Satiricon’s Trimalchio? Along the way Haynes debunks myths (gladiators didn’t salute the emperor before their deaths, and the last words of Julius Caesar weren’t “et tu, brute?”). From Athens to Zeno's paradox, this irresistible guide shows how the history and wisdom of the ancient world can inform and enrich our lives today. “A romp through some of the best-known, and some of the more obscure, writers, thought, and stories of Greece and Rome.” —Times Literary Supplement
Daily Life in Ancient and Modern Athens
Author: Dawn Kotapish
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822532163
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
A historical exploration of events and daily life in Athens in both ancient and modern times.
Publisher: Lerner Publications
ISBN: 9780822532163
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
A historical exploration of events and daily life in Athens in both ancient and modern times.
Essays Ancient and Modern
Author: Bernard Knox
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Linked by the events of Bernard Knox's remarkable life, the twenty-five chapters of "Essays Ancient and Modern" cover subjects ranging from Hesiod, Homer, and Thucydides to Auden, Forster, and the Spanish Civil War. With a masterful eye for the telling detail, Knox continually reminds us that we share the present with antiquity's living past. A soldier in Italy finds a battered book in the rubble of a bombed-out firehouse-- and opens it to read Virgil's denunciation of war. An illiterate Greek bard composes a garbled Homeric song to celebrate the recent heroism of local partisans. A traveler heading north from modern Athens must choose between the Sacred Way-- or the NATO Road.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 360
Book Description
Linked by the events of Bernard Knox's remarkable life, the twenty-five chapters of "Essays Ancient and Modern" cover subjects ranging from Hesiod, Homer, and Thucydides to Auden, Forster, and the Spanish Civil War. With a masterful eye for the telling detail, Knox continually reminds us that we share the present with antiquity's living past. A soldier in Italy finds a battered book in the rubble of a bombed-out firehouse-- and opens it to read Virgil's denunciation of war. An illiterate Greek bard composes a garbled Homeric song to celebrate the recent heroism of local partisans. A traveler heading north from modern Athens must choose between the Sacred Way-- or the NATO Road.
Ancient & Modern
Author: Stephen Muecke
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868407869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge? There's a quarrel about whose antiquity is at the foundation of Australian culture, and why contemporary forms of Aboriginality are marginal to Australia's modernity.
Publisher: UNSW Press
ISBN: 9780868407869
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
How might we think and talk about indigenous philosophy? Why has Aboriginal knowledge not been given the status of philosophical knowledge? There's a quarrel about whose antiquity is at the foundation of Australian culture, and why contemporary forms of Aboriginality are marginal to Australia's modernity.
Democracy Ancient and Modern
Author: M. I. Finley
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978802323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Leaders and followers -- Athenian demagogues -- Democracy, consensus and the national interest -- Socrates and after -- Censorship in classical antiquity.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 1978802323
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 147
Book Description
Leaders and followers -- Athenian demagogues -- Democracy, consensus and the national interest -- Socrates and after -- Censorship in classical antiquity.
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Science
Author: Stanislav Grof
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873958493
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A critical revaluation of ancient spiritual systems long ignored or rejected because of their assumed incompatibility with science. Here are Swami Muktananda on the mind, Swami Prajnananda on Karma, Swami Kripananda on the Kundalini, Joseph Chilton Pearce on spiritual development, Jack Kornfield on Buddhism for Americans, Claudio Naranjo on meditation, and much more.
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780873958493
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
A critical revaluation of ancient spiritual systems long ignored or rejected because of their assumed incompatibility with science. Here are Swami Muktananda on the mind, Swami Prajnananda on Karma, Swami Kripananda on the Kundalini, Joseph Chilton Pearce on spiritual development, Jack Kornfield on Buddhism for Americans, Claudio Naranjo on meditation, and much more.