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Subject(s)

• Nine Worthies in art [Browse]

Series

• Routledge research in art history. [More in this series]
• Routledge Research in Art History Series

Summary note

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.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• Table of Contents
• List of Figures
• Acknowledgments
• 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
• Bibliography
• Index.

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ISBN

• 1-04-001604-9
• 1-003-31533-X
• 1-04-001618-9

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