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El libro muestra la riqueza del arte persa y su continuidad estética a través de milenios, así como la profunda influencia que ha tenido en la expresión artística de múltiples culturas, desde Armenia y Georgia, hasta la India, desde el Este al Oeste de Europa. El arte persa se extiende por un extenso y multifacético periodo, desde las antiguas civilizaciones Iraníes hasta el largo periodo islámico con la aculturalización de los nuevos gobernantes llegados de Persia desde las regiones asiáticas.

Guía que describe el numeroso inventario románico de esta bella comarca de Navarra, llamada Valdorba.

"This first English edition of Dieter Arnold's "Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture" is very much to be welcomed. One of the great advantages of Arnold's work is that it is written by a single specialist, well-acquainted with the monuments, experienced in field-work, and a very good communicator. The greatest value lies in the extended entries on particular types of building, on specifically Egyptian stylistic characteristics, and on the employment in ancient Egypt of certain materials and technical methods. "The Encyclopedia of Ancient Egyptian Architecture" will indeed fill a very obvious gap in the range of Egyptological reference works."--T.G.H. James, Formerly Keeper of Egyptian Antiquities, The British Museum

"Sphinxes are legion in Egyptwhat is so special about this one? . . . We shall take a stroll around the monument itself, scrutinizing its special features and analyzing the changes it experienced throughout its history. The evidence linked to the statue will enable us to trace its evolution . . . down to the worship it received in the first centuries of our own era, when Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans mingled together in devotion to this colossus, illustrious witness to a past that was already more than two millennia old."from the IntroductionThe Great Sphinx of Giza is one of the few monuments from ancient Egypt familiar to nearly everyone. In a land where the colossal is part of the landscape, it still stands out, the largest known statue in Egypt. Originally constructed as the image of King Chephren, builder of the second of the Great Pyramids, the Sphinx later acquired new fame in the guise of the sun god Harmakhis. Major construction efforts in the New Kingdom and Roman Period transformed the monument and its environs into an impressive place of pilgrimage, visited until the end of pagan antiquity. Christiane ZivieCoche, a distinguished Egyptologist, surveys the long history of the Great Sphinx and discusses its original appearance, its functions and religious significance, its relation to the many other Egyptian sphinxes, and the various discoveries connected with it. From votive objects deposited by the faithful and inscriptions that testify to details of worship, she reconstructs the cult of Harmakhis (in Egyptian, Haremakhet, or "Horusinthehorizon"), which arose around the monument in the second millennium. "We are faced," she writes, "with a religious phenomenon that is entirely original, though not unique: a theological reinterpretation turned an existing statue into the image of the god who had been invented on its basis." The coming of Christianity ended the Great Sphinx''s religious role. The everpresent sand buried it, thus sparing it the fate that overtook the nearby pyramids, which were stripped of their stone by medieval builders. The monument remained untouched, covered by its desert blanket, until the first excavations. ZivieCoche details the archaeological activity aimed at clearing the Sphinx and, later, at preserving it from the corrosive effects of a rising water table. Author Bio: Christiane ZivieCoche is Professor at L''Eco

"Collecting Japanese Antiques" shows what makes Japanese aesthetics so different from other countries. Antique hunters will benefit from the practical and cautionary advice in this book; newcomers will appreciate information on the basics of collecting; while other sections might reawaken interest in experienced collectors. Striking photographs highlight the beauty and craftsmanship of items such as solid wood chests and elegant prints and ceramics. A glossary explains antique-related Japanese terms.

Con Roma y Mesopotamia abrimos una nueva serie en la colección Los Diccionarios del Arte dedicada a las Civilizacones Antiguas. Se trata de culturas fascinantes, que nos ha legado un riquísimo caudal de arte, arquitectura y restos arqueologicos y cuya influencia puede presenciarse en buena parte del arte y la cultura de los siglos posteriores. Estos volumens, en el mismo formato y caracteristicas de la coleccion general en la que se integran, nos muestran lo mejor, lo mas valioso de cada una de esas civilizaciones antiguas, destacando los aspectos principales que debemos tener en cuenta y ayudandonos a interpretar el significaco y el proposito, el origen y las influencias, de cada una de las piezas. Todo ello organizado en una serie de apartados tematicos. Cada volumen se completa ademas con mapas, cronologias, informacion de los museos en los que podemos admirar las principales obras...