Hellenizing art in ancient Nubia, 300 BC-AD 250, and its Egyptian models
Subtitle: a study in "acculturation"
By: by Laszlo Torok
Series: Culture and history of the ancient Near East
Publisher: Brill; BRILL
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 484
ISBN-13: 9789004211285
Subjects: Ancient Art; Civilization; Hellenistic Art; Egyptian influences; Nubian Art; Hellenistic Architecture; Antiquities
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Ergamenes, Aktisanes, and the modern discovery of Hellenizing art in Meroe; title: Reception without understanding?; title: An elusive model: images of Egypt's multicultural identity in the Ptolemaic and Roman periods; title: Early contacts with Ptolemaic Egypt and the early imports; title: Hellenizing architecture and sculpture in Meroe city; title: The great enclosure at Musawwarat es Sufra; title: From mass-product to luxury and back: decorated fine pottery and Meroitic vase painting; title: The Hellenistic Egyptian style kiosk at Naqa, or "acculturation" sidetracked; title: Media and messages: the autonomy of Nubian "acculturation".