The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection

The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection
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Total Pages : 104
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ISBN-10 : UOM:39015050489528
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Synopsis The Official Lloyd Llewellyn Collection by : Daniel Clowes

Lloyd's adventures swing and bop like a tiki orgy hosted by little green hipsters from outer space. 'With untrendy straight lines, Zip-a-tone shades, and sketchy backgrounds, Clowes's LLLL art recalls '50s advertising illos, or architectural drafts seen through a mild hallucinogenic scrim.'- The Village Voice

The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn

The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn
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Total Pages : 256
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ISBN-10 : 1560971452
ISBN-13 : 9781560971450
Rating : 4/5 (52 Downloads)

Synopsis The Manly World of Lloyd Llewellyn by : Daniel Clowes

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Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron

Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron
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Publisher : Fantagraphics Books
Total Pages : 148
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ISBN-10 : UOM:49015002027952
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Synopsis Like a Velvet Glove Cast in Iron by : Daniel Clowes

A completely redesigned issue of Daniel Clowes masterpiece of surrealistic and cinematic low-life drama which collects together all 10 chapters of Eightball's terrifying and fascinating journey into madness. As Clay Loudermilk attempts to unravel the mysteries behind a snuff film, he finds himself involved with an increasingly bizarre cast of characters. Clowes reputation as a graphic novel artist is renowned throughout the comic world, and he is set to reach a wider audience next year with the release of the film Ghost World, directed by Terry Zwigoff.

King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE

King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 254
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ISBN-10 : 9780748677115
ISBN-13 : 0748677119
Rating : 4/5 (15 Downloads)

Synopsis King and Court in Ancient Persia 559 to 331 BCE by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

This book explores the representation of Persian monarchy and the court of the Achaemenid Great Kings from the point of view of the ancient Iranians themselves and through the sometimes distorted prism of Classical authors.

Designs on the Past

Designs on the Past
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Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Total Pages : 440
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ISBN-10 : 9780748675654
ISBN-13 : 0748675655
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Designs on the Past by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Aphrodite's Tortoise

Aphrodite's Tortoise
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Publisher : Classical Press of Wales
Total Pages : 369
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ISBN-10 : 9781910589892
ISBN-13 : 1910589896
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Aphrodite's Tortoise by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Greek women routinely wore the veil. That is the unexpected finding of this meticulous study, one with interesting implications for the origins of Western civilisation. The Greeks, popularly (and rightly) credited with the invention of civic openness, are revealed as also part of a more Eastern tradition of seclusion. Llewellyn-Jones' work proceeds from literary and, notably, from iconographic evidence. In sculpture and vase painting it demonstrates the presence of the veil, often covering the head, but also more unobtrusively folded back onto the shoulders. This discreet fashion not only gave a priviledged view of the face to the ancient art consumer, but also, incidentally, allowed the veil to escape the notice of traditional modern scholarship. From Greek literary sources, the author shows that full veiling of the head and face was commonplace. He analyses the elaborate Greek vocabulary for veiling and explores what the veil meant to achieve. He shows that the veil was a conscious extension of the house and was often referred to as `tegidion', literally `a little roof'. Veiling was thus an ingeneous compromise; it allowed women to circulate in public while mainting the ideal of a house-bound existence. Alert to the different types of veil used, the author uses Greek and more modern evidence (mostly from the Arab world) to show how women could exploit and subvert the veil as a means of eloquent, sometimes emotional, communication. First published in 2003 and reissued as a paperback in 2010, Llewellyn-Jones' book has established itself as a central - and inspiring - text for the study of ancient women.

Persians

Persians
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Publisher : Basic Books
Total Pages : 489
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ISBN-10 : 9781541600355
ISBN-13 : 1541600355
Rating : 4/5 (55 Downloads)

Synopsis Persians by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

A stunning portrait of the magnificent splendor and enduring legacy of ancient Persia The Achaemenid Persian kings ruled over the largest empire of antiquity, stretching from Libya to the steppes of Asia and from Ethiopia to Pakistan. From the palace-city of Persepolis, Cyrus the Great, Darius, Xerxes, and their heirs reigned supreme for centuries until the conquests of Alexander of Macedon brought the empire to a swift and unexpected end in the late 330s BCE. In Persians, historian Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones tells the epic story of this dynasty and the world it ruled. Drawing on Iranian inscriptions, cuneiform tablets, art, and archaeology, he shows how the Achaemenid Persian Empire was the world’s first superpower—one built, despite its imperial ambition, on cooperation and tolerance. This is the definitive history of the Achaemenid dynasty and its legacies in modern-day Iran, a book that completely reshapes our understanding of the ancient world.

Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z

Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 317
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ISBN-10 : 9781134589159
ISBN-13 : 1134589158
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Who dressed as a woman in an attempt to commit adultery with Julius Caesar's wife? How did the ancient Greeks make blusher from seaweed? Just how does one wear a toga?If, as many claim, the importance of clothes lies in their detail, then this a book that no sartorially savvy Classicist should be without. Greek and Roman Dress from A to Z is an alphabetized compendium of styles and accessories that form the well-known classical image: a reference source of stitches, drapery, hairstyles, colours, fabrics and jewellery, and an analysis of the intricate system of social meanings that they comprise.The entries range in length from a few lines to a few pages and cover individual aspects of dress alongside surveys of wider topics and illuminating socio-cultural analysis, drawn from ancient art, literature and archaeology. For those who want to take their reading further, there are references to both primary sources and modern scholarship.This book is be fascinating for anyone delving into it with an interest in style and dress, and an invaluable companion for any classicist.

Ctesias' 'History of Persia'

Ctesias' 'History of Persia'
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9781134220465
ISBN-13 : 1134220464
Rating : 4/5 (65 Downloads)

Synopsis Ctesias' 'History of Persia' by : Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones

Towards the end of the fifth century BC Ctesias of Cnidus wrote his 23 book History of Persia. Ctesias is a remarkable figure: he lived and worked in the Persian court and, as a doctor, tended to the world’s most powerful kings and queens. His position gave him special insight into the workings of Persian court life and access to the gossip and scandal surrounding Persian history and court politics, past and present. His History of Persia was completed at a time when the Greeks were fascinated by Persia and seems very much to cater to contemporary interest in Persian wealth and opulence, powerful Persian women, the institution of the harem, kings and queens, eunuchs and secret plots. Presented here in English translation for the first time with commentaries, Ctesias offers a fascinating insight into Persia in the fifth century BC.

Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth

Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth
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Publisher : e-artnow
Total Pages : 427
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ISBN-10 : EAN:4064066053505
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Synopsis Etidorhpa; or, The End of Earth by : John Uri Lloyd

This book purports to be a manuscript dictated by a strange being named I-Am-The-Man to a man named Llewyllyn Drury. Drury's adventure culminates in a trek through a cave in Kentucky into the core of the earth. It blends passages on the nature of physical phenomena, such as gravity and volcanoes, with spiritualist speculation and adventure-story elements (like traversing a landscape of giant mushrooms).