The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781009502122)

In The Art of Queenship in the Hellenistic World, Patricia Eunji Kim examines the visual and material cultures of Hellenistic queens, the royal and dynastic women who served as subjects and patrons of art. Exploring evidence in the interconnected eastern Mediterranean and western Asia from the fourth to second centuries BCE, Kim argues that the arts of queenship were central to expressions of dynastic (and sometimes even imperial) consolidation, continuity, and legitimacy. From gems, coins, and vessels to monuments and sculpture, the visual and material cultures of queenship appeared in a range of sacred settings, public spaces, royal courts, and domestic domains. Encompassing several dynasties, including the Hecatomnids, Argeads, Ptolemies, Seleucids, and Attalids, Kim inaugurates new methods for comparing and interpreting visual articulations of queenship and ideal femininity from distinct yet culturally entangled contexts, thus illuminating the ways that women had an impact art and politics in the ancient world.

Author: Patricia Eunji Kim
ISBN-10: 1009502123
ISBN-13: 9781009502122
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/31/2025
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 9.80h x 7.40w x 1.10d