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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
454 kr
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Kingsand queens of Nubia reigned over one of the largest empires in the ancientworld and had contacts extending north to Greece and Rome, south tosub-Saharan Africa, east to the Red Sea, and west across much of the Sahel.Even a quick look at Nubia's artifacts reveals the incredible creativity ofits artists, architects, craftspeople, and thinkers. Despite their significance, theachievements of ancient Nubia are little known to the public and are oftenviewed as a subculture, a derivative offshoot of Egypt, Nubia's northernneighbor. Nothing could be further from the truth. During its overeight-thousand-year lifespan (beginning around 8000 BCE), Nubia indeliblyshaped the art and architecture of the ancient world, an influence still felttoday. Ancient Nubian Art is thefirst comprehensive and accessible treatment of Nubian artistic culture andshowcases its vast range-from ceramics, sculptures, and jewelry to tombs,temples, and palaces. Rita E. Freed, curator emerita at the Museum of FineArts, Boston, which has the largest collection of Nubian artifacts outsidethe Nile Valley, contextualizes the development of Nubian art against a vividbackdrop of kingship, power, worship, identity, gender, technology, andinternationalism. Her text is accompanied by a foreword by Henry Louis GatesJr. and sidebars by expert voices from the field.
Häftad, Engelska, 2018
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Glorious, sophisticated, and refined works of art produced in ancient Nubia, drawn from one of the richest museum collections in the world and presented in their cultural contexts. Ancient Nubia was home to a series of civilizations between the sixth millennium bce and ad 350 that produced towering monuments, including more pyramids than in neighbouring Egypt, and artifacts of enduring beauty and significance. Nubia’s trade network reached across the Mediterranean and far into Africa. At the time that Nubian kings conquered Egypt, in the middle of the eighth century bce, they controlled one of the largest empires of the ancient world.The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, has the largest and most important collection of ancient Nubian art outside of Khartoum, mostly gathered during the pioneering Harvard University–Boston Museum of Fine Arts Expedition in the first half of the twentieth century. The objects highlighted in this volume include refined early ceramics, monumental statues and relief carvings made for royal pyramids, exquisite gold and enamel jewelry, playful decorations for furniture and clothing, and luxury goods traded from around the Mediterranean world. Together they provide a fascinating introduction to a sophisticated cultural tradition and a rich history that are still being revealed today.