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1 online resource (510 pages) |
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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 53 |
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Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 53
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Contents |
List of Diagrams and Plates; Preface and Acknowledgements; Geographical and Political Terms; Chronological Table; Introduction The Nubian Scene; Chapter One Ergamenes, Aktisanes, and the Modern Discovery of Hellenizing Art in Meroe; Chapter Two Reception without Understanding?; Chapter Three An Elusive Model: Images of Egypt's Multicultural Identity in the Ptolemaic and Roman Periods; Chapter Four Early Contacts with Ptolemaic Egypt and the Early Imports; Chapter Five Hellenizing Architecture and Sculpture in Meroe City; Chapter Six The Great Enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra |
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Chapter Seven From Mass-Product to Luxury and Back. Decorated Fine Pottery and Meroitic Vase PaintingChapter Eight The Hellenistic Egyptian Style Kiosk at Naqa or "Acculturation" Sidetracked; Chapter Nine Media and Messages. The Autonomy of Nubian "Acculturation"; Abbreviations; Index of Names; Index of Places, Peoples, and Monuments; Museum Index; Plates |
Summary |
Presenting a large body of evidence for the first time, this book offers a comprehensive treatment of Nubian architecture, sculpture, and minor arts in the period between 300 BC-AD 250. It focuses primarily on the Nubian response to the traditional pharaonic, Hellenistic/Roman, Hellenizing, and hybrid elements of Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian culture. The author begins with a history of Nubian art and a critical survey of the literature on Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian art. Special chapters are then devoted to the discussion of the Egyptian-Greek interaction in the arts of Ptolemaic Egypt, the p |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Print version record |
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Architecture, Hellenistic -- Nubia
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Art, Ancient -- Nubia
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Art, Hellenistic -- Nubia
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Art, Nubian -- Egyptian influences
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Antiquities
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Architecture, Hellenistic
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Art, Ancient
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Art -- Egyptian influences
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Art, Hellenistic
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Civilization
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Kunst.
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Architektur.
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Plastik.
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Hellenismus.
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Rezeption.
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Hellenistisk konst.
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Meroe (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
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Nubia -- Antiquities.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092935
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Nubia -- Civilization
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Sudan -- Meroe (Extinct city)
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Africa -- Nubia
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Meroë (Stadt)
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Muṣawwarat al-Ṣufra.
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Nubien.
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Nubien -- fornlämningar.
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9789004211292 |
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9004211292 |
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1283162113 |
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9781283162111 |
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9004211284 |
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9789004211285 |
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