This publication celebrates a major exhibition shown at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice in 1996 - a detailed study of Greek civilisation in the Western world. From the 8th century BC, Greece enjoyed an era of exceptional development and colonial expansion. New settlements sprang up along the west coast of Italy, from the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Tarentum southwards to Sicily. Prosperity came quickly to these Western colonies: art, architecture, politics, religion, literature and science flourished as a result of a dynamic ...
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This publication celebrates a major exhibition shown at the Palazzo Grassi, Venice in 1996 - a detailed study of Greek civilisation in the Western world. From the 8th century BC, Greece enjoyed an era of exceptional development and colonial expansion. New settlements sprang up along the west coast of Italy, from the Bay of Naples and the Gulf of Tarentum southwards to Sicily. Prosperity came quickly to these Western colonies: art, architecture, politics, religion, literature and science flourished as a result of a dynamic fusion of cultures, marking the beginning of an age of intense creativity. This book contains visual and textual documentation of this formative period of Greek history. Based on the collection of artefacts in the Palazzo Grassi exhibition, it contains photographs and 60 essays to survey the subject in broad detail. Following a chronological path, the book traces the diffusion of Greek influence in the West, exploring every aspect of the new societies from town planning and economy to the evolution of the Greek alphabet; from the maritime adventures of the first Achaen navigators to the revolutionary thought of the first philosophers. Illustrated with examples of art and artefacts, this book provides insight into Greek civilization to show the foundations of Western cultural identity and the roots of our artistic inheritance.
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Good. Good condition. A copy that has been read but remains intact. May contain markings such as bookplates, stamps, limited notes and highlighting, or a few light stains. NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.
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VG-with very light general wear; clean and tight. Green color-ill. wraps with white lettering. 800 pp. with color and bw images throughout. Text in English but with references in Greek throughout. Catalogue from the 14th exhibition at Palazzo Grassi, the amazing museum in the Venetian Classical style on the Canale Grande. Every imaginable topic about the Western Greeks is covered, from pre-history through the middle ages; the alphabet, politics, colonization, maritime navigation, numismatics, military, architecture, sculpture, pottery, painting, housing, philosophy, literature, Greeks and the Celts, and much, much more. Includes the catalogue of works on exhibit, a bibliography and an index of names. Big, heavy and full of endless information.
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Near Fine. Second edition, 1996. Softcover, 800 pp., heavily illustrated (in color), clean unmarked text, Near Fine copy, light creasing to the covers. This heavy book might require additional postage.
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Very Good. 8845228223. Small chip to lower edge of tp. Creasing to spine. A couple of paperclip indents to pages.; Very heavy.; Folio 13"-23" tall; 799 pages.
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Very good. Second Edition. Softcover light shelf wear. No marks in very lightly read book. Illustrations (color, b/w), maps. Editor: Giovanni Pugliese Carratelli. 800 pages. This book cannot be shipped internationally without first contacting me prior to ordering.
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Very Good. Trade PB. 4to. Published by Bompiani, Milan, Italy. 1996. 799 pgs. Second Edition. Illustrated with hundreds of coloured plates & illustrations, maps, notes & references, illustrated list with descriptions of recent discoveries, catalogue of works on the exhibition 533 small bl. & wh. Text-illustrations with notes & references, bibliography, index names. Wrappers lightly worn with some light shelf-wear to the extremities present. Book is free of ownership marks. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. The exhbiition catalog of the monumental exhibition of Greek culture in the 90s in Venice. This immense catalogue of the exhibition and the history of the Greek colonies is so far the best book covering this subject so important for western history EB; 11.6 X 8.3 X 2.1 inches.
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Very good. Very clean and tight copy. Slight wear to cover and one bumped corner. Oversize trade paperback, 800pp. Color photos, maps, drawings, diagrams, etc.
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Very Good. Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE boxes Very good hardcover, missing dust jacket. First edition. Clean pages. Very light wear to cover cloth with lettering on spine a little rubbed. 4to. 799pp.
