" This volume, the third in a series of catalogues of Pre-Columbian art at Dumbarton Oaks, presents the outstanding collection of Aztec, Mixtec, Zapotec, Teotihuacan, and Classic Veracruz sculpture, jewelry, and painting. Four leading scholars present essays on the ancient art and archaeology of Mexico’s Central Highlands, Southwestern Highlands, and Gulf Lowlands as well as extensive catalogue entries of over one hundred objects of jad ..."
" The longevity of the Byzantine state was due largely to the existence of variegated and articulated economic systems. This three-volume study examines the structures and dynamics of the economy and the factors that contributed to its development over time. The first volume addresses the environment, resources, communications, and production techniques. The second volume examines the urban economy; presents case studies of a number of p ..."
" The imperial court in Constantinople has been central to the outsider's vision of Byzantium. However, in spite of its fame in literature and scholarship, there have been few attempts to analyze the Byzantine court in its entirety as a phenomenon. The studies in this volume aim to provide a unified composition by presenting Byzantine courtly life in all its interconnected facets. One important theme that unites these studies is the at ..."
"The history of Pre-Columbian collecting is a social and aesthetic history--of ideas, people and organizations, and objects. This richly illustrated volume examines these histories by considering the collection and display of Pre-Columbian objects in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Some of the thirteen essays locate the collecting process within its broader cultural setting in order to explain how and why such collections w ..."
" This volume completes the final report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarahane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. It details finds from the thousand-odd stratigraphical units excavated, which offer a fine sample of the pottery, glassware, and clay lamps in use in the city in Late Roman, Byzantine, and Ottoman Turkish times. After discussing the wares represented, both ..."
"The dating procedure for Byzantine seals is based on the assumption that there
were changing fashions in the way that boulloteria were made in Byzantium and
that individuals would tend to respect these fashions, or, at least, they would
strive to have a seal that had the same general appearance as those of their
contemporaries. This assumption may well be true for the majority of cases; but
one must also allow for the personal fanc ..."
" This work is the first volume of two that will be the full report of major excavations carried out by Dumbarton Oaks and the Istanbul Archaeological Museum at Sarachane in the heart of ancient Constantinople. This volume includes discussion of excavation and stratigraphy; catalogs of sculpture, revetment, mosaic, small finds and other materials: and general treatment of architecture, sculpture, and history of the site. Originally p ..."
"2 vols. Imprimerie Nationale, Paris. Bray, Warwick 1972 Ancient American Metal-
Smiths. Proceedings of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and
Ireland for 1971, p. 33. London. A brief reference to the miner and his tools, with
pictures of the miner's body and items possibly found with it, taken at
Chuquicamata in 1899. Plates show coiled basketry and rawhide bag. Ladd,
Harry S. 1957 Introduction. In Treatise on Mari ..."
"... proof of their ability to rejuvenate their imagery by drawing on the heritage of
Greek forms, techniques, and motifs. The intense rhetoric and sheer technical
brilliance of the great church decorations of the "Palaeologan Renaissance"
shine [xiii]"
002(1st Edition) Picturesque Garden and Its Influence Outside the British Isles by Pevsner Nikolaus, DumbartonOaks. Hardcover, Published 1974 by DumbartonOaks Pub Service ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-050-9, ISBN: 0-88402-050-9
"121 pages, illustrated"
DumbartonOaks Papers Number Thirty-Two (No. 32-1978). by Editor-DumbartonOaks Hardcover, Published 1978 by Harvard University, Washington ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-081-3, ISBN: 0-88402-081-9
DumbartonOaks Papers Number Twenty-Nine (No. 29-1975). by DumbartonOaks. Hardcover, 358 Pages, Published 1975 by Harvard University, Washington ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-057-8, ISBN: 0-88402-057-6
" Dumbarton Oaks Papers is an annual journal of scholarly articles on Byzantine topics. Many of the articles are based upon presentations made at the Byzantine conferences hosted by Dumbarton Oaks. Numerous maps, tables, illustrations, and color plates provide supplementary information. Dumbarton Oaks Papers 59 includes papers from a colloquium on Byzantine glass, guest edited by David Whitehouse of the Corning Museum of Glass. Other a ..."
Olmec Art at DumbartonOaks (Pre-Columbian Art at DumbartonOaks) by Karl Andreas Taube, DumbartonOaks Hardcover, 250 Pages, Published 2004 by DumbartonOaks Research Library And Collection ISBN-13: 978-0-88402-275-6, ISBN: 0-88402-275-7
" Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks presents the Olmec portion of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. It illustrates all thirty-nine Olmec art objects in color plates and includes many complementary and comparative black-and-white illustrations and drawings. The body of Pre-Columbian art that Robert Bliss carefully assembled over a half-century between 1912 and 1963, amplified only slightly since his death, is a remarkably ..."