Art in the era of Alexander the Great : paradigms of manhood and their cultural traditions /
"In this book, Ada Cohen focuses on art produced in Macedonia during the late Classical and early Hellenistic period, which coincides with the reigns of Philip II, his famous son Alexander the Great, and their immediate successors. Although inspired by traditional Greek themes and ideals, this...
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2010.
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| ISBN: | 9780521769044 (hardback) 0521769043 (hardback) |
Table of Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: themes and issues; 2. Figural mosaics in the House of the Abduction of Helen at Pella: three themes; 3. Master of lions (and other animals); 4. War as hunt, hunt as war?; 5. Rape as hunt, hunt as rape?; 6. Rape as war, war as rape?; 7. Abduction and femininity; 8. Hunt and masculinity; Epilogue: fixing the pose.