Faces of Power - Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics (Hardcover, New)

Alexander the Great changed the face of the ancient world. During his life and after his death, his image in works of art exerted an unprecedented influence-on marbles, bronzes, ivories, frescoes, mosaics, coins, medals, even painted pottery and reliefware. Alexander's physiognomy became the most famous in history. But can we really know what meaning lies behind these images?
Andrew Stewart demonstrates that these portraits--wildly divergent in character, quality, type, provenance, date, and purpose--actually transmit not so much a "likeness" of Alexander as a set of carefully crafted cliches that mobilize the "notion" "Alexander" for diverse ends and diverse audiences. Stewart discusses the portraits as studies in power and his original interpretation of them gives unprecedented fullness and shape to the idea and image called "Alexander."

General

Imprint:	University of California Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Hellenistic Culture and Society, 11
Release date:	1994
First published:	1994
Authors:	Andrew Stewart
Dimensions:	254 x 178 x 51mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover - Cloth over boards
Pages:	550
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-0-520-06851-3
Categories:	Books > Arts & Architecture > History of art / art & design styles > BC to 500 CE, Ancient & classical world Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Human figures depicted in art > General
LSN:	0-520-06851-3
Barcode:	9780520068513

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