Alexander the Great (eBook)

From His Death to the Present Day

John Boardman (Autor)

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2019
176 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-0-691-18404-3 (ISBN)

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John Boardman is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford's Beazley Archive. He is Professor Emeritus of Classical Art and Archaeology at Lincoln College, Oxford, and former Assistant Keeper at the Ashmolean Museum. His many books include The Greeks Overseas, The History of Greek Vases, and The Greeks in Asia.

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An illustrious scholar presents an elegant, concise, and generously illustrated exploration of Alexander the Great's representations in art and literature through the agesJohn Boardman is one of the world's leading authorities on ancient Greece, and his acclaimed books command a broad readership. In this book, he looks beyond the life of Alexander the Great in order to examine the astonishing range of Alexanders created by generations of authors, historians, and artists throughout the world-from Scotland to China.Alexander's defeat of the Persian Empire in 331 BC captured the popular imagination, inspiring an endless series of stories and representations that emerged shortly after his death and continues today. An art historian and archaeologist, Boardman draws on his deep knowledge of Alexander and the ancient world to reflect on the most interesting and emblematic depictions of this towering historical figure.Some of the stories in this book relate to historical events associated with Alexander's military career and some to the fantasy that has been woven around him, and Boardman relates each with his customary verve and erudition. From Alexander's biographers in ancient Greece to the illustrated Alexander "e;Romances"e; of the Middle Ages to operas, films, and even modern cartoons, this generously illustrated volume takes readers on a fascinating cultural journey as it delivers a perfect pairing of subject and author.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.1.2019
• Zusatzinfo: 8 page color + 36 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Princeton
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Malerei / Plastik
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Vor- und Frühgeschichte
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Adventure Story • Afghanistan • Afterlife • Alexander • Alexander Mosaic • Alexander Pope • alexander romance • Alexander Romances • Alexander the Great • Alexandria • Amazons • Amun • ancient art • Ancient Greece • Anecdote • Antiquity • Apelles • Arrian • artists • Asia Minor • Asian journeys • Babylon • Balkh • Barsine • Bessus • Blenheim Palace • Bucephalus • burial • caladrius • Cambridge University Press • Campaspe • Central Asia • Christ • Cleitus (Dardania) • coinage • Constantinople • Death • Deeds of Alexander • Dionysus • Emperor of India • excessive drinking • Ferdowsi • Foe (novel) • forehead • Gandara • Gateway to India • German Emperor • Giulio Romano • Gog and Magog • Great Game • Greek art • Greek Literature • Greek Mythology • Greeks • Greek World • Hellenistic period • Hephaestion • Herculaneum • heroic legends • historical events • historical figure • Icon • Iconography • Illustration • India • Indian history • Indo-Greek classics • Indo-Greek kingdom • Iran • Iskandar • Iskander • Jews • Josiah Harlan • land of darkness • Liber • lifelike portraiture • Lionel Pearson • Literature • Lord Byron • Malaria • Marco Polo • Mary Renault • Maya the Bee • medieval illustration • Mesopotamia • Middle Ages • military career • Modern Greek • Mount Athos • Mughal Empire • Mughal India • Muhammad • Mycenae • mysterious east • mystic east • Near East • Nectanebo II • Neoclassicism • North Africa • Oliver Stone • Orosius • Oxus • Parthian story • Persepolis • Persia • Persian Empire • Persian people • Philip II of Macedon • Philosopher • Philostratus • Plutarch • Poetry • Pope Paul III • Porus • Prince • Ptolemaic Egypt • Ptolemaic Kingdom • Ptolemy I Soter • Renaissance • Renaissance Art • Romances • Roman Empire • Roxana • Royal descent • Sanskrit • Sasanian art • sasanian empire • satrap • scholars • Scythians • S. (Dorst novel) • Second World War • Serapeum • Shahnameh • Sinbad the Sailor • Sir John de Mandeville • Siwa Oasis • Skanda • South Arabia • stroke • Sunset Oasis • tatars • temple of artemis • Thalestris • The Alexander Cipher • The Persians • Tillya Tepe • tomb • Travellers • Trojan War • typhoid fever • U.P. Arora • V. • Vergina • western desert
• ISBN-10: 0-691-18404-6 / 0691184046
• ISBN-13: 978-0-691-18404-3 / 9780691184043