Apelles : the Alexander mosaic / Paolo Moreno ; translation by David Stanton
Milano, Italy : Skira, 2001. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #408919
ISBN: 8881188643
Physical description; 135 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 29 cm. Series; Grandi libri Skira. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 127-130) and index. Contents; The 'Battle' -- The Painter -- The Alexander Mosaic -- The Legacy of the 'Battle of Gaugamela' -- The Life and Works of Apelles. Subjects; Apelles. Alexander the Great 356 B.C.-323 B.C. ; Art. Darius III, King of Persia -330 B.C. ; Art. Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli. Museo nazionale di Napoli. Alexander mosaic (Pompeii). Mosaics, Roman Italy Pompeii (Extinct city). Pavements, Mosaic Italy Pompeii (Extinct city). Gaugamela, Battle of, Iraq, 331 B.C., in art. Mosaics Italy Naples.
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