5 Best nonfiction books like Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art) by Jaś Elsner

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Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art)

By: Jaś Elsner

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman E…

If you liked the nonfiction plot in Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art) by Jaś Elsner , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. Against Nature

By: Joris-Karl Huysmans , Patrick McGuinness , Robert Baldick , Patrick McGuiness

3.87

Format: 54 pages, Paperback

With a title translated either as Against Natureor as Against The Grain, this wildly original fin-d… read more

Similar categories in Joris-Karl Huysmans's Against Nature book and Jaś Elsner's Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art)

  • classics
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2. Enigma Variations

By: André Aciman

4.23

Format: 336 pages,

A passionate portrait of love's contradictory power, in five illuminating stories. Andre Aciman, wh… read more

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3. Byzantine Art

By: Robin Cormack

4.15

Format: 399 pages, Paperback

Mostly religious in function, but preserving the classicism of Greco-Roman art, Byzantine buildings… read more

Similar categories in Robin Cormack's Byzantine Art book and Jaś Elsner's Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art)

  • art
  • art history
  • history
  • nonfiction

4. American Gods

By: Neil Gaiman

4.04

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

Now a TV Series produced by FremantleMedia North America available internationally on Amazon, exclu… read more

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5. Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)

By: Tove Ditlevsen

4.37

Format: 371 pages, Hardcover

Called a masterpiece by The New York Times, the acclaimed trilogy from Tove Ditlevsen, a pioneer in… read more

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  • classics
  • nonfiction
"Every person has their own truth just as every child has their own childhood."

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)

"My classmates find me unceasingly, overwhelmingly comical, and I've gotten used to the clown role and even find a sad comfort in it, because together with my confirmed stupidity, it protects me again…"

-Tove Ditlevsen, Childhood / Youth / Dependency (The Copenhagen Trilogy, #1-3)

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6. L'Ordre du jour

By: Éric Vuillard

3.90

Format: 138 pages, Kindle Edition

L’Allemagne nazie a sa légende. On y voit une armée rapide, moderne, dont le triomphe parait inexor… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • history
"The sun is a cold star."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"Political maneuvering tramples facts."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"Si l'on soulève les haillons hideux de l'Histoire, on trouve cela: la hiérarchie contre légalité et l'ordre contre la liberté. (p127)"

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

"They might not give in to the demands of justice, they might not yield to an insurgent populace, but they'll always fold before a bluff."

-Éric Vuillard, L'Ordre du jour

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7. Classical Art: From Greece to Rome (Oxford History of Art)

By: Mary Beard

4.10

Format: 298 pages, Paperback

The stunning masterpieces of Ancient Greece and Rome are fundamental to the story of art in Western… read more

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  • art
  • art history
  • roman
  • history
  • classics
  • ancient history
  • nonfiction
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8. Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art)

By: Jaś Elsner

3.91

Format: 320 pages, Paperback

This stimulating book offers an exciting new approach to the twin themes of the arts of the Roman E… read more

Similar categories in Jaś Elsner's Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art) book and Jaś Elsner's Imperial Rome and Christian Triumph: The Art of the Roman Empire AD 100-450 (Oxford History of Art)

  • art
  • art history
  • roman
  • history
  • classics
  • ancient history
  • religion
  • nonfiction

9 Top classics books like Classical Art: From Greece to Rome (Oxford History of Art) by Mary Beard

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The Histories

Herodotus , Aubrey de Sélincourt , John M. Marincola

4.01

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Tim Parks , William Weaver , Giorgio Bassani

None

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Jude the Obscure

Thomas Hardy

3.83

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Memoirs of Hadrian

Marguerite Yourcenar , Grace Frick

4.23

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