Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia 300 B.C. - AD 250 and its Egyptian Models : a Study in "Acculturation."

Hellenizing Art in Ancient Nubia 300 B.C. - AD 250 and its Egyptian Models : a Study in "Acculturation."

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 hybr...

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Main Author: T'Or'ok, Laszlo
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2011.
Series:Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 53.
Subjects:
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.
Meroe (Extinct city) > Antiquities.
Nubia > Antiquities.
Nubia > Civilization.
Sudan > Meroe (Extinct city)
Africa > Nubia
Meroë (Stadt)
Muṣawwarat al-Ṣufra.
Nubien.
Nubien > fornlämningar.
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Table of 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.

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