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Total Pages : 364 pages
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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271050780
Total Pages : 318 pages
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Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789004106215
Total Pages : 286 pages
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Author : Stefano Carboni
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870999869
Total Pages : 343 pages
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199739323
Total Pages : 204 pages
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Publisher : Getty Publications
ISBN 13 : 1606060821
Total Pages : 156 pages
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019959032X
Total Pages : 254 pages
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Author : Paul Crowther
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804762147
Total Pages : 265 pages
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Author : Jens Kröger
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN 13 : 0870997297
Total Pages : 270 pages
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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300039875
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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520259866
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