Alexander the Great - The Fitzwilliam Museum
A statue of Alexander the Great. This young man, with his smooth cheeks, sensitive face and long, centrally parted hair, is instantly recognisable as Alexander the Great, the fourth-century BCE Macedonian king who by the time he died, aged 32, had conquered most of the known world. The statue was made in Egypt, around two hundred years after ...
Alexander the Great - Wikipedia
Julius Caesar dedicated a Lysippean equestrian bronze statue, but replaced Alexander's head with his own, while Octavian visited Alexander's tomb in Alexandria and temporarily changed his seal from a sphinx to Alexander's profile. [288]
Statue of Alexander the Great - Go Explore Greece
Unveiled in Athens in April 2019 by the then Mayor of Athens, George Kaminis, the stunning bronze statue of Alexander the Great is a sight to behold. Previously, the statue occupied a less prominent spot in the middle of a property near the sculptor Giannis Pappas workshop from 1993, who passed away in 2005.
Art of the Hellenistic Age and the Hellenistic Tradition
Hellenistic kingship remained the dominant political form in the Greek East for nearly three centuries following the death of Alexander the Great. Royal families lived in splendid palaces with elaborate banquet halls and sumptuously decorated rooms and gardens.
Head of a statue of Alexander the Great - Acropolis Museum
It was found in 1886 near the Erechtheion on the Acropolis. Alexander the Great is portrayed at a young age, as he would have been during his sole visit to Athens, after the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC. The deep set eyes, the upward glance, the half-open lips as well as the characteristic hairstyle, with rich curls standing up over the ...
The world of Alexander - British Museum
Alexander the Great was a king of the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon, located in northern Greece and adjacent countries. During his leadership, from 336–323 BC, Alexander the Great conquered the Greek city-states, the Persian Empire and founded more than 70 cities creating an empire that stretched across three continents and covered about ...
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Alexander the Great commanding that the work of Homer be placed in the tomb of Achilles. Search art at the Metropolitan Museum.
New clues to the lost tomb of Alexander the Great discovered in …
2019年2月28日 · After 14 years of fruitless digging, Papakosta unearthed this early Hellenistic marble statue of Alexander the Great, now exhibited at the National Museum of Alexandria.
Alexander the Great | The Walters Art Museum - Online …
Said to be from Alexandria, the city in Egypt founded by Alexander in 331 BCE, this small bronze statuette depicts the youthful Alexander with long, full hair. His hair, with the characteristic "anastole," and the shape of his face have led scholars to posit that this portrait derives from a Lysippan original, created during Alexander's lifetime.
The Statue of Alexander the Great - Google Arts & Culture
Alexander is depicted from the front, with his body weight on his right leg. It is thought that the statue might have been holding a bronze spear in one ha...