John Arthur Boardman

The Greeks Overseas: The Archaeology of Their Early Colonies and Trade

The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

The Oxford History of the Roman World

Greece and the Hellenistic World

The Oxford History of the Classical World Vol. 2 : The Roman World

The Oxford History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

The Oxford Illustrated History of the Roman World

The Oxford Illustrated History of Greece and the Hellenistic World

The Oxford History of the Roman World

In less than fifty-three years, Rome subjected most of the known world to its rule. This authoritative and compelling work tells the story of the rise of Rome from its origins as a cluster of villages to the foundation of the Roman Empire by Augustus, to its consolidation in the first two centuries ...

The Triumph of Dionysos: Convivial processions, from antiquity to the present day

Dionysos carried the blessing of wine to the whole world, and his triumphant return from India became a popular subject for the arts of Greece and Rome in many media. It became associated with Alexander the Great’s comparable victories and later served as a message of immortality for any mortal prin...

Greek Art (Fifth) (World of Art)

“One of the very best short histories of Greek Art.” ― The Financial TimesJohn Boardman, one of the best known and acknowledged scholars of the classical Greek world, has updated his definitive survey of its arts, the most influential and widely known historic artistic tradition of the Old World. In...

The Greeks in Asia

The supremely accessible culmination of decades of research on the influence of the Greeks beyond their home territory from an eminent scholar From Britain’s most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art comes this account of the influence of Greek communities and their culture through Central A...

Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period (World of Art)

Like his other two works on Athenian Figure Vases, John Boardman offers a detailed survey of the important painters and workshops of the time, providing readers with over five hundred illustrations and a complete bibliography. Particular attention is paid to the technique and to the production and m...

The History of Greek Vases

"Boardman gets down to the nitty-gritty of how and why potters created and decorated the vases, how their artistic quality developed and their influence spread."—Publishers Weekly Greek pottery has long fascinated scholars and historians of art. It provides a continuous commentary on all other Greek...

The Greeks Overseas: The Early Colonies and Trade

“A masterly summary.”—The Times Literary Supplement The spread of Greek civilization through Europe and into Africa and the Near East began long before the classical period, long after Troy, Mycenae, and Knossos had fallen. This study gives an archaeologist’s view of one of the most important period...

Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period: A Handbook (World of Art)

In his sequel to "Athenian Black Figure Vases, " John Boardman, Professor Emeritus at Oxford University, covers the invention of the "red figure" technique in about 530 BC. Professor Boardman illuminates the ancient art form by placing the painters and their vases within the history of Athens and th...

John Boardman

Jack Melton Boardman, commonly known as John Boardman, (born September 8 , 1932) is an American physicist. He is a former professor of physics at...

John Boardman (art historian) the free ...

Sir John Boardman, FBA (born 20 August 1927) is a classical art historian and archaeologist, "Britain's most distinguished historian of ancient Greek art."...