Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics (Hellenistic Culture and Society) (Hardback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Faces of Power During his reign and following his death, the physiognomy of Alexander the Great was one of the most famous in history, adorning numerous works of art. This study demonstrates how the various portraits transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of cliches that symbolized the ruler.
Full description- Publisher: University of California Press
- Published: 24 January 1994
- Format: Hardback 545 pages
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- Categories: Art History | Art History: Ancient & Classical BCE to c 500 CE | Human Figures Depicted In Art | Classical History / Classical Civilisation
- ISBN 13: 9780520068513 ISBN 10: 0520068513
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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."
