Transfigurations of Hellenism

Aspects of Late Antique Art in Egypt AD 250-700
Erscheinungsjahr 2005
ISBN: 978-90-04-14332-6
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 404 Seiten, Format (B × H): 167 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 1134 g

Reihe: Probleme der Ägyptologie

This book deals with the architecture and visual arts in late antique–early Byzantine Egypt as an organic part of the art of the Mediterranean region in the period between the 3rd and 8th centuries. The richly illustrated book discusses the survival and transformations of Hellenistic themes and forms in the Roman and late antique periods. It also presents a history of Coptic art history.

"Transfigurations of Hellenism is an outstanding addition to this scholarship, tracing out in detail the continuity of the Hellenistic tradition in Egyptian art...All scholars of late antiquity will find much of interest in this fine work."
Stanley M. Burstein, California State University, Los Angeles

Zielgruppe

All those interested in the history of late antique and early Byzantine art, the history of Egypt in the period between the 3rd and 8th centuries, and the transformations of Hellenistic culture in the Roman and late antique world.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Török, László

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Ägyptologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altes Ägypten & Ägyptische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Klassische Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunstgeschichte Kunstgeschichte: Klassisch (Griechisch & Römisch)
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Hellenismus

Über Autor(innen)

Török, László
László Török, Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (1992), is Research Professor at the Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He has published extensively on ancient Nubian history and Hellenistic and late antique art in Egypt, including The Kingdom of Kush (Leiden, 1997), The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art (Leiden, 2002).