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Author T'Or'ok, Laszlo

Title Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia 300 B.C. - AD 250 and its Egyptian Models : a Study in "Acculturation."
Published Leiden : BRILL, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (510 pages)
Series Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 53
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 53
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
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Architecture, Hellenistic -- Nubia
Art, Ancient -- Nubia
Art, Hellenistic -- Nubia
Art, Nubian -- Egyptian influences
Antiquities
Architecture, Hellenistic
Art, Ancient
Art -- Egyptian influences
Art, Hellenistic
Civilization
Kunst.
Architektur.
Plastik.
Hellenismus.
Rezeption.
Hellenistisk konst.
SUBJECT Meroe (Extinct city) -- Antiquities
Nubia -- Antiquities. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85092935
Nubia -- Civilization
Subject Sudan -- Meroe (Extinct city)
Africa -- Nubia
Meroë (Stadt)
Muṣawwarat al-Ṣufra.
Nubien.
Nubien -- fornlämningar.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004211292
9004211292
1283162113
9781283162111
9004211284
9789004211285