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Visual Legacy of Alexander the Great From the Renaissance to the Age - of Revolutio

English · Hardback

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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.


List of contents

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

About the author

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

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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.

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