The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat (Cambridge Studies in Classical Art and Iconography) - Hardcover

Cohen, Ada

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521563399 ISBN 13: 9780521563390

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 1997

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The Alexander Mosaic: Stories of Victory and Defeat focuses on one of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity.

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'This is a rich, subtle, well-researched, fair, and often convincing study ... [It] is essential reading for any serious student of Greek art in general and the Alexander Mosaic in particular.' American Journal of Archaeology

Reseña del editor:

This book focuses on one of the richest, most complex and visually stunning monuments of classical antiquity. Contributing to a vast tradition of scholarship, which dates back to the discovery of the Mosaic in 1831, Ada Cohen here engages with, but departs from, a core of positivist assumptions that characterize this body of literature. In this study, she examines the Mosaic as it may have functioned in two different contexts, first as a Greek painting of the fourth century BC, and then as a Roman mosaic of c. 100 BC. A variety of interpretive issues regarding history and art history are examined, suggesting broader implications for the study of ancient monuments.

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• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0521563399
• ISBN 13: 9780521563390
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 295