Langbeschreibung
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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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