The Visual Legacy of Alexander the Great from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolution

ISBN-13: 9781032546643 / Twarda / 2023 / 264 str.

Spain) Rodriguez-Moya Inmaculada (University Jaume I

Opis

This is an analysis of the diverse facets of Alexander the Great’s image from the Renaissance era through the Baroque into the nineteenth century.

Spis treści

1. Literary Preface: “Like Alexander”  2. Imitatio Alexandri: The sovereign of the world  3. Alexander and Fame: The best of nine  4. Alexander and Destiny: Alexandrian emblems for humanist princes  5. Alexander the Conqueror: Issus, West against East  6. Alexander, King of Asia: “Virtue is worthy of the empire of the world”  7. Alexander the Clement: The royal virtue of clemency and its representation in the guise of Alexander in European courts  8. Alexander in the Palace: Scenes from court life  9. Alexander and Architecture: One empire and eight architectural wonders  10. Alexander’s Cadaver: The king beholds the king’s corpse, melancholy and vanitas regia  11. Archaeological Epilogue: A re-encounter at Gaugamela with the Alexander of Antiquity

O autorze

Víctor Mínguez is Full Professor in the University Jaume I, Spain.

Inmaculada Rodríguez-Moya is Full Professor in the University Jaume I, Spain.