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Horses

Johns, Catherine
Horses
Ever since they were first domesticated thousands of years ago, horses have played a vital role in human life and history. Using photography of the many horses to be found in the collections of the British Museum, this book explores the depiction of the horse through the ages and celebrates the relationship between horses and humans.

CHF 29.90

Cattle: History, Myth, Art

Johns, Catherine
Cattle: History, Myth, Art
Although human communities have depended heavily on them, cattle are less studied and admired than they deserve to be. Beautiful, varied and with individual personalities, cattle feature far more extensively than one might at first think in the art, mythology and religion of humankind. Cattle have been exploited in sports and entertainment - from ancient Minoan bull-leaping to the modern Spanish bullfight and water-buffalo racing in Malaysia. ...

CHF 52.50

The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure

Johns, Catherine
The Hoxne Late Roman Treasure
The Hoxne treasure, a spectacular collection of gold and silver coins, gold jewellery and silver artefacts, was buried early in the 5th century AD, and was rediscovered in November 1992. Although the major objects have been exhibited in museums and illustrated and discussed in both popular and scholarly publications over the last fifteen years, the results of detailed research on the entire find are published here in full for the first time.Th...

CHF 99.00

Horses: History, Myth, Art

Johns, Catherine
Horses: History, Myth, Art
The remarkable relationship between people and horses has been evoked in art from the beginning of the bond between them. In this beautifully illustrated book, Catherine Johns explores the horse in art from the ancient world to the modern era. In early human history, horses were among the wild creatures hunted for meat, they were domesticated comparatively late, around 4000 b.c. As people developed from hunter-gatherers to farmers, the horse o...

CHF 46.90