Transfigurations of Hellenism - Aspects of Late Antique Art in Egypt AD 250-700

This richly illustrated book presents a history of Egyptian late antique-early Byzantine (Coptic) art in its international stylistic, social and intellectual context.

About the author

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).

Product details

• Authors: László Török
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.03.2005
• EAN: 9789004143326
• ISBN: 978-90-04-14332-6
• No. of pages: 400
• Dimensions: 167 mm x 248 mm x 37 mm
• Weight: 1134 g
• Series: Probleme Der Ägyptologie
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Antiquity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works