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Olympia, Olympiads and Olympic bronze

HELMUT KYRIELEIS with KLAUS HERRMANN, CHRISTA SCHAUER & JORG RAMBACH. XII Bericht uber die Ausgrabungen in Olympia: 1982 bis 1999. iii+297 pages,...
Antiquity, 12/01/05 by Nigel Spivey · More from publication
Archaic Korai

Archaic Korai Katerina Karakasi The J. Paul Getty Museum $125/95 [pounds sterling] ISBN 0 89236 699 0 Archaic Korai Katerina Karakasi The J. Paul...
Apollo, 05/01/05 by Nigel Spivey · More from publication
strange lure of the nauseating, The

TRANSGRESSIONS: THE OFFENCES OF ART by Anthony Julius Thames & Hudson, L24.95, pp. 272, ISBN 0500237999 The obvious comment to make about modern...
Spectator, The, 10/26/02 by Spivey, Nigel · More from publication
The History of Greek Vases: Potters, Painters and Pictures

JOHN BOARDMAN. The history of Greek vases: potters, painters and pictures. 320 pages, 321 figures. 2001. London: Thames & Hudson; 0-500-23780-8...
Antiquity, 12/01/01 by Nigel Spivey · More from publication
Pain and pleasure; Why is art so hard? Why is art so hard?(Books and Arts)(Brief Article)

ENDURING CREATION: ART, PAIN AND FORTITUDE. IF ART is all about beauty and a thing of beauty is a joy for ever, why then do we also believe...
Economist (US), The, 03/31/01 by Spivey, Nigel · More from publication
Robert Manuel Cook

(4 July 1909-10 August 2000) (4 July 1909-10 August 2000) `Deplorable' was one of his favourite words. But among the many things that Robert...
Antiquity, 12/01/00 by Nigel Spivey · More from publication

How to move and shake the world

THE TIPPING POINT by Malcolm Gladwell Little, Brown, L14.99, pp. 279 This is a small book. The size is important, because the argument here is...
Spectator, The, 05/27/00 by Spivey, Nigel · More from publication
CHRIST AND THE ART OF AGONY.(religious art and martyrdom)

Nigel Spivey considers the roots of Christian art and iconography, discovering its origins in the cruelty of the Roman arena and the shameful...
History Today, 08/01/99 by Spivey, Nigel · More from publication
Sotades: Symbols of Immortality on Greek Vases

HERBERT HOFFMANN. (With drawings by Francois Lissarague.) xviii+206 pages, 108 illustrations. 1997. Oxford: Oxford University Press; 0-19-815061-X...
Antiquity, 12/01/98 by Nigel Spivey · More from publication
Time, please, gentlemen

Time, please, gentlemen Nigel Spivey THE CALENDAR by David Ewing Duncan Fourth Estate, 12.99, pp. 360 It is obvious enough that calendars...
Spectator, The, 09/05/98 by Spivey, Nigel · More from publication