Hellenizing art in ancient Nubia, 300 BC-AD 250, and its Egyptian models : a study in "acculturation" / / by Laszlo Torok |
Autore | Torok Laszlo <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (510 p.) |
Disciplina | 709.3978 |
Collana | Culture and history of the ancient Near East |
Soggetto topico |
Art, Nubian - Egyptian influences
Art, Ancient - Nubia Art, Hellenistic - Nubia Architecture, Hellenistic - Nubia |
ISBN |
1-283-16211-3
9786613162113 90-04-21129-2 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Preliminary Material / L. Török -- Introduction. The Nubian Scene / L. Török -- Chapter One. Ergamenes, Aktisanes, And The Modern Discovery Of Hellenizing Art In Meroe / L. Török -- Chapter Two. Reception Without Understanding? / L. Török -- Chapter Three. An Elusive Model: Images Of Egypt’s Multicultural Identity In The Ptolemaic And Roman Periods / L. Török -- Chapter Four. Early Contacts With Ptolemaic Egypt And The Early Imports / L. Török -- Chapter Five. Hellenizing Architecture And Sculpture In Meroe City / L. Török -- Chapter Six. The Great Enclosure At Musawwarat Es Sufra / L. Török -- Chapter Seven. From Mass-Product To Luxury And Back. Decorated Fine Pottery And Meroitic Vase Painting / L. Török -- Chapter Eight. The Hellenistic Egyptian Style Kiosk At Naqa Or “Acculturation” Sidetracked / L. Török -- Chapter Nine. Media And Messages. The Autonomy Of Nubian “Acculturation” / L. Török -- Abbreviations / L. Török -- Index Of Names / L. Török -- Index Of Places, Peoples, And Monuments / L. Török -- Museum Index / L. Török -- Plates / L. Török. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910823171403321 |
Torok Laszlo <1941-> | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Transfigurations of Hellenism : aspects of late antique art in Egypt, A.D. 250-700 / / by Laszlo Torok |
Autore | Torok Laszlo <1941-> |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (536 p.) |
Disciplina | 709/.32/09015 |
Collana | Probleme der Agyptologie |
Soggetto topico |
Coptic art
Art, Hellenistic - Egypt |
ISBN |
1-280-86789-2
9786610867899 1-4294-5293-5 90-474-0731-8 1-4337-0558-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
List of figures; List of plates; Acknowledgements; A note on the terminology; I. Introduction: A visit to the Coptic Museum in Old Cairo; II. Images of late antique Egypt in twentieth-century art history; 1. The Ahnas pitfall; 2. The myth of anti-Hellenism; 3. Pharaonic revival: myth and reality; 4. The myth of Volkskunst and the contribution of forgery to Coptic art history; 5. From Ernst Kitzinger's ""Notes on Early Coptic Sculpture"" to Hjalmar Torp's ""Leda Christiana""; III. On methods; 1. Function, chronology, and style; 2. Chronology and the stratification of artistic production
3. The limits of the investigationIV. History, society, and art in late Roman and early Byzantine Egypt; 1. Images of social identity; 2. History and society in late antique and early Byzantine Egypt; V. Continuity and change 1: The survival of forms of Alexandrian Hellenistic architecture; VI. Continuity and change 2: New patterns of monumentality; 1. The imperial cult sanctuary of the Tetrarchs in the Amûn temple of Luxor; 2. Modernity and archaizing in Shenoute's ""White Monastery"" at Sohag; 3. The episcopal complex at Hermopolis Magna; 4. Uses of the past VII. Images for mortuary display1. Sculptors, workshops and modes of representation; VIII. Images of the good life: display and style; 1. Iconography of wealth; 2. Styles of wealth; 3. Ornaments for the patrician house and the church; 4. Images and ideals. Creating an Egyptian style; 5. Decline or transformation? Art for the less wealthy; IX. The Christianization of art in late antique Egypt; 1. Classical tradition: from pagan to Christian; 2. Ecclesiastical display and delight in the good things; Epilogue: Perennial Hellenism?; Abbreviations; Index of names; Index of places and monuments Museum indexIllustrations |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813142603321 |
Torok Laszlo <1941-> | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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