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Veronica Tatton-Brown

    Cet auteur se concentre principalement sur l'archéologie et l'histoire de l'architecture. Son travail explore la découverte du passé à travers des vestiges tangibles et la compréhension de l'évolution des styles de construction. Il examine comment l'architecture et les établissements humains se sont transformés au fil des époques. Son expertise réside dans l'interprétation des sites et des structures historiques.

    Jewellery Through 7000 Years
    Footprints in Cyprus : an illustrated history
    • 2007

      Jewellery Through 7000 Years

      • 278pages
      • 10 heures de lecture
      4,2(21)Évaluer

      The New York Times Book Review said of this book, It is a mind-boggling feat, this survey of 7,000 years of glittering memorabilia of lost empires, royal egos, superstition and sentiment. This comprehensive volume is one of the best and most beautifully illustrated histories of jewelry available. 400 illustrations, 250 in full color.

      Jewellery Through 7000 Years
    • 1982

      From the time the first Greeks arrived, over 3,000 years ago, the island has been the centre of a vigours and creative artistic culture. Many treasures survive from the 1st millennium before Christ which illustrate vividly the fact that Cyprus can rival in achievement the best art in the Mediterranean world. In Footprints of Cyprus these achievements are not only fully depicted in colour and in black and white but also related to their historical context.

      Footprints in Cyprus : an illustrated history