"The 5th-century B.C. poet Pindar remarked on the rich sculptural decoration of the Athenian Agora, and, indeed, over 3,500 pieces of various types of sculpture have been uncovered during its excavation. This full-color guide sheds new light on the marble industry in and around …
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The Monument is a study of the interplay between art and politics -- of how culture, normally an unquestioned good, can play into the hands of power with devastating effects. Kanan Makiya uses the culture invented by Saddam Hussein as a window into the nature of totalitarianism …
The language of war monuments
by Abousnnouga, Gill, Machin, David
fromBloomsbury advances in semiotics
Māmallapuram, also called Mahabalipuram, a historic town in Tamil Nadu, India.
