Art & Architecture
New Books from Harvard U. Press, Spring 1999

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Spring/Summer 1999 Books: FINE ARTS
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AMBER
ANDREW ROSS
"Ross's book fills a niche left vacant by other recent books on the subject. Where other authors have concentrated on the history of amber's use for decorative objects and adornment, Ross offers more practical value for amateur naturalists. How do you tell fakes? How do you identify inclusions? This book should appeal to hobbyists, museum-goers, and anyone with a serious interest in amber."
--David A. Grimaldi, American Museum of Natural History
March 1999
240 color illus. / 72 pages
ISBN 0-674-01729-3
$12.95 paper original
FOR SALE IN NORTH AMERICA ONLY


ASSYRIAN SCULPTURE
Second Edition
JULIAN READE
For almost three centuries, until 612 BC, the small kingdom of Assyria dominated the Middle East. The story of those years was recorded in stone on the walls of a succession of royal palaces. These sculptures, offering eyewitness views of a long-lost civilization, were not rediscovered until the nineteenth century.and the finest collection is now preserved at the British Museum. This book is both a richly illustrated history of Assyrian sculpture in general and a guide to the outstanding collections of the British Museum.
British Museum Paperbacks
February 1999
40 color, 110 halftones / 96 pages
ISBN 0-674-05017-7
$18.95 paper
NOT FOR SALE IN COMMONWEALTH EXCEPT CANADA


DEMOCRACY, EMPIRE, AND THE ARTS IN FIFTH-CENTURY ATHENS
DEBORAH BOEDEKER AND KURT A. RAAFLAUB, EDITORS
Athens in the fifth century BC offers a striking picture: the first democracy in history; the first empire created and ruled by a Greek; and a flourishing of learning, philosophical thought, and visual and performing arts so rich as to leave a remarkable heritage for Western civilization. To what extent were these three parallel developments interrelated? An international group of fourteen scholars expert in different fields explores the ways in which the fifth-century "cultural revolution" depended on Athenian democracy and the ways it was influenced by the fact that Athens was an imperial city.
Center for Hellenic Studies Colloquia
March 1999
55 halftones, 7 line illus., 5 tables / 512 pages
ISBN 0-674-19769-0
$50.00 / L31.50 cloth


FIRST PEOPLES, FIRST CONTACTS
Native Peoples of North America
J. C. H. KING
>From the big-game hunters who appeared on the continent as far back as 12,000 years ago to the Inuits plying the Alaskan waters today, the Native peoples of North America produced a remarkable culture that has survived in the face of almost inconceivable trials. This book is at once a history of that culture and a celebration of its variety. To illustrate this history, King draws on the extensive collections of the British Museum.
March 1999
7 1/2 x 9 3/4 inches
170 color, 35 halftones / 288 pages
ISBN 0-674-62654-0 / $45.00 cloth
ISBN 0-674-62655-9 / $24.95 paper
F0R SALE IN NORTH AMERICA ONLY


WALTER BENJAMIN
Selected Writings, Volume 2: 1927-1934
MICHAEL W. JENNINGS, GENERAL EDITOR
In the frenzied final years of the Weimar Republic, Walter Benjamin emerged as the most original practicing literary critic and public intellectual in the German-speaking world. Volume 2 of Selected Writings, covering the years 1927 to 1934, displays the full spectrum of Benjamin's achievements at this pivotal stage in his career.
Belknap Press
May 1999
14 halftones, 2 line illus. / 704 pages
ISBN 0-674-94586-7
$37.50 / L23.50 cloth

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