Alexander the Great in Renaissance Art - North and South of the Alps

This volume explores the images of Alexander the Great during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, how they came about and why they were so popular.

List of contents

1. Introduction; 2. Alexander's Ancient Authors, Renaissance Humanists, and Altdorfer's Painting; 3. Alexander among the Nine Worthies and the Uomini famosi; 4. Alexander in Renaissance Rome; 5. Depicting the Macedonian King beyond Rome; 6. Alexander's Court Painter, Apelles, and his Fame among Renaissance Artists; 7. The King's Horse, Bucephalus; 8. Alexander in Renaissance Tapestries and Petrarch's Triumph of Fame; 9. Alexander at the Château de Fontainebleau; Epilogue

About the author

Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes is a Lecturer in Art History at the Kunstgeschichtliches Institut at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany. She is an Associate Professor Emerita of the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Summary

This volume explores the images of Alexander the Great during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, how they came about and why they were so popular.

Product details

• Authors: Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes, Alexander-Skipnes Ingrid
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.04.2024
• EAN: 9781032324944
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3232494-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: Routledge Research in Art History
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Ancient Greece, ART / History / Ancient & Classical, HISTORY / Ancient / Greece, HISTORY / Historiography, Historiography, History of Art, Ancient History, Renaissance art, Renaissance style, Ancient history: to c 500 CE