{"product_id":"portraits-of-the-ptolemies-greek-kings-as-egyptian-pharaohs-hardback-9780292777729","title":"Portraits of the Ptolemies; Greek Kings As Egyptian Pharaohs (Hardback) 9780292777729","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePortraits of the Ptolemies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eGreek Kings As Egyptian Pharaohs\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Edmund Stanwick (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780292777729\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 1 March 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e27.9 x 21.6 x 2.3 cm, 1.107 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e As archaeologists recover the lost treasures of Alexandria, the modern world is marveling at the latter-day glory of ancient Egypt and the Greeks who ruled it from the ascension of Ptolemy I in 306 B.C. to the death of Cleopatra the Great in 30 B.C. The abundance and magnificence of royal sculptures from this period testify to the power of the Ptolemaic dynasty and its influence on Egyptian artistic traditions that even then were more than two thousand years old. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e In this book, Paul Edmund Stanwick undertakes the first complete study of Egyptian-style portraits of the Ptolemies. Examining one hundred and fifty sculptures from the vantage points of literary evidence, archaeology, history, religion, and stylistic development, he fully explores how they meld Egyptian and Greek cultural traditions and evoke surrounding social developments and political events. To do this, he develops a \"visual vocabulary\" for reading royal portraiture and discusses how the portraits helped legitimate the Ptolemies and advance their ideology. Stanwick also sheds new light on the chronology of the sculptures, giving dates to many previously undated ones and showing that others belong outside the Ptolemaic period. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Preface \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Acknowledgments \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Definitions and conventions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Dynastic chronology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1: A unique vantage point \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2: The priestly decrees \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3: \"\u003cbr\u003eConspicuous\"\u003cbr\u003e and other places \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4: A visual vocabulary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5: Ideology and the royal visage \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6: Chronology \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7: Powerful traditions, new dynamics \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8: A generation of innovators \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix A: Sculptors' studies or votives? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Appendix B: Questionable sculptures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Catalogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Abbreviations \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Bibliography \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Figures \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743042629912,"sku":"9780292777729","price":37.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/portraits-of-the-ptolemies-greek-kings-as-egyptian-pharaohs-hardback-9780292777729","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}