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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Transfigurations of Hellenism [[electronic resource] ] : aspects of late antique art in Egypt, A.D. 250-700 / / by László Török |
Autore | Török László <1941-2020, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (536 p.) |
Disciplina | 709/.32/09015 |
Collana | Probleme der Ägyptologie |
Soggetto topico |
Coptic art
Art, Hellenistic - Egypt |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
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-9910451181403321 |
Török László <1941-2020, > | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
|
Transfigurations of Hellenism [[electronic resource] ] : aspects of late antique art in Egypt, A.D. 250-700 / / by László Török |
Autore | Török László <1941-2020, > |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (536 p.) |
Disciplina | 709/.32/09015 |
Collana | Probleme der Ägyptologie |
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-9910784186103321 |
Török László <1941-2020, > | ||
Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2005 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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