Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politicsvolume 11 by Stewart, Andrew

Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics Volume 11 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780520068513)

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Format: Hardcover
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Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politicsvolume 11 by Stewart, Andrew

Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics Volume 11

$105.00
Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politicsvolume 11 by Stewart, Andrew

Faces of Power: Alexander's Image and Hellenistic Politics Volume 11

$105.00
Format: Hardcover
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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 clich駸 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."

Author: Andrew Stewart
ISBN-10: 0520068513
ISBN-13: 9780520068513
Publisher: University of California Press
Language: English
Published: 01/24/1994
Pages: 550
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 3.10lbs
Size: 10.10h x 7.30w x 2.00d
By Andrew Stewart
By Andrew Stewart
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Andrew Stewart is Professor of Greek and Roman Art at the University of California at Berkeley. His most recent book is Greek Sculpture: An Exploration (1990).

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