The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art : The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD /
Török, László
The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art : The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD / The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD László Török. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 18 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of Kushite concepts of order in the state and the cosmos forms the focus of László Török's latest volume. Taking a wide variety of textual and iconographical evidence as his points of departure, the author sheds light on the formation of, and interaction between basic concepts such as inhabited space, sacred space, sacred landscape, historical memory and political legitimacy. The author traces this development by discussing the royal and temple texts, urban architecture, the structure of temple iconography, and the relationship between the society and the temples as places of popular worship, archives of historical memory, and centres of cultural identity.This volume presents the first comprehensive study on the subject.
9789004493551 9789004123069
10.1163/9789004493551 DOI
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Sacred space--Nubia.
Temples--Nubia.
DT159.6.N83
939/.78
The Image of the Ordered World in Ancient Nubian Art : The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD / The Construction of the Kushite Mind, 800 BC - 300 AD László Török. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 18 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Probleme der Ägyptologie ; 18. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The development of Kushite concepts of order in the state and the cosmos forms the focus of László Török's latest volume. Taking a wide variety of textual and iconographical evidence as his points of departure, the author sheds light on the formation of, and interaction between basic concepts such as inhabited space, sacred space, sacred landscape, historical memory and political legitimacy. The author traces this development by discussing the royal and temple texts, urban architecture, the structure of temple iconography, and the relationship between the society and the temples as places of popular worship, archives of historical memory, and centres of cultural identity.This volume presents the first comprehensive study on the subject.
9789004493551 9789004123069
10.1163/9789004493551 DOI
Antiquities.
Civilization.
Sacred space--Nubia.
Temples--Nubia.
DT159.6.N83
939/.78