Portraits of the Ptolemies Greek Kings As Egyptian Pharaohs

Name: Portraits of the Ptolemies Greek Kings As Egyptian Pharaohs
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ISBN: 9780292777729

ISBN-10: 0292777728

ISBN-13: 9780292777729

Edition: 2003

Authors: Paul Edmund Stanwick

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This is a study of Egyptian-style portraits of the Ptolemies. Examining 150 sculptures from literary evidence, archaeology, history, religion, and stylistic development, it explores how they meld Egyptian and Greek cultural traditions and evoke surrounding social developments and political events.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 3/1/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.50" wide x 11.00" long x 0.90" tall
Weight: 2.442
Language: English

PAUL EDMUND STANWICK is an independent scholar in New York City who holds a Ph.D. in art history and archaeology from New York University, Institute of Fine Arts.



Preface


Acknowledgments


Definitions and conventions


Dynastic chronology



A unique vantage point



The priestly decrees



"Conspicuous" and other places



A visual vocabulary



Ideology and the royal visage



Chronology



Powerful traditions, new dynamics



A generation of innovators



Sculptors' studies or votives?



Questionable sculptures


Catalogue


Abbreviations


Bibliography


List of illustrations