Portraiture, Roman Art (Ancient) - General & Miscellaneous, General & Miscellaneous Sculpture
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Overview
Roman Portraits is a faithful reproduction of a classic Phaidon plate book first published in 1940. Its author, Ludwig Goldscheider, who was one of the founders of Phaidon Press, not only wrote the text, but made the selection of images and designed the book himself. The photographs were taken by the writer and photographer Ilse Schneider-Lengyel, who was commissioned by Phaidon in the 1930s to photograph antique and Renaissance sculpture in the great museums of Europe.Synopsis
Roman Portraits is a faithful reproduction of a classic Phaidon plate book first published in 1940. Its author, Ludwig Goldscheider, who was one of the founders of Phaidon Press, not only wrote the text, but made the selection of images and designed the book himself. The photographs were taken by the writer and photographer Ilse Schneider-Lengyel, who was commissioned by Phaidon in the 1930s to photograph antique and Renaissance sculpture in the great museums of Europe.
Book Details
Published
September 1, 2004
Publisher
Phaidon Press, Incorporated
Pages
140
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780714844367