The Art of Vase-Painting in Classical Athens by Robertson, Martin

Cambridge University Press, 1/28/1994 12:00:01 A. paperback. Good. 0.9685 10.9409 8.6890. Cover/edges have heavy wear and creasing. Ex owner markings on prelim pages.

Cambridge University Press, 1994-01-27. paperback. Good. 8x0x11. Paperback in good condition. Some creasing and edge wear to covers. Spine will have some creasing, but binding remains secure. Pages will have some highlighting but remain in good, readable condition. Our feedback says it all! Feel confident when you order from Hilltop Book Shop.

Cambridge University Press, 1992. First Edition. Softcover. Good Condition (ex-library). Size: 4to <12". xii + 350pp. Binding firm, spine slightly faded. Edges slightly marked. Ex-library, with usual stamps and markings. Laminated covers. Illustrated. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Art & Design; Greece; Ancient (BC); History. ISBN: 0521338816. ISBN/EAN: 9780521338813. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 43455. . 9780521338813 This book is extra heavy, and may involve extra shipping charges to some countries.

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0521338816 . Some foxing to textblock. Else minor shelfwear. Faint creasing to 1 corner of wraps. ; 10.9 X 8.5 X 1.2 inches; 362 pages .

Cambridge University Press. Very Good. 1992. Softcover. 0521338816 . Minor staining to top and base of textblock. Else minor shelfwear. ; 10.9 X 8.5 X 1.2 inches; 362 pages .

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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, 1996. Book. Fine Condition. Wrappers. 350 pages. 300 black and white illustrations. Reprinted 1996. Illustrated wraps. Bibliography and Abbreviations. List of Illustrations. .

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Cambridge University Press, Cambridge (...), 1992. 1st ed. XII,350p. Soft cover. 'Any book by Martin Robertson will arouse great interest in the filed of Greek art: as former Lincoln Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at Oxford, retired since 1978, he commands respect (?). In the present volume Robertson returns to what one suspects is his first love: Classical Athenian vase-painting. The title is carefully chosen, as Robertson explains (pp.XII,1-6), and immediately faces the reader with one question which has been much debated recently, whether vase-painting can be counted an art, or was merely a utilitarian craft. Characteristically, robertson tackles the question head-on from the beginning and at appropriate places in the narrative. In a sense, the question is of little significance: if one enjoys the artifacts, that is sufficient reason to study them. (?) The approach of this book is firmly traditional, concentrating attention on the developmental sequence of vase-painting, by means of… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. In his new book, Martin Robertson draws together the results of a lifetime's study of Greek vase-painting, tracing the history of figure-drawing on Athenian pottery from the invention of the 'red-figure' technique in the later archaic period to the abandonment of figured vase-decoration two hundred years later.