Visual Legacy of Alexander the Great from the Renaissance to the Age of Revolution

1. Literary Preface: "Like Alexander" 2. Imitatio Alexandri: The sovereign of the world 3. Alexander and Fame: The best of nine 4. Alexander and Destiny: Alexandrian emblems for humanist princes 5. Alexander the Conqueror: Issus, West against East 6. Alexander, King of Asia: "Virtue is worthy of the empire of the world" 7. Alexander the Clement: The royal virtue of clemency and its representation in the guise of Alexander in European courts 8. Alexander in the Palace: Scenes from court life 9. Alexander and Architecture: One empire and eight architectural wonders 10. Alexander's Cadaver: The king beholds the king's corpse, melancholy and vanitas regia 11. Archaeological Epilogue: A re-encounter at Gaugamela with the Alexander of Antiquity

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• Arte e Design: Barroco
• Arte Renascentista
• História antiga: a c 500 CE

early modern iconography;royal portraiture;humanist symbolism;courtly representation;monarchic propaganda;classical reception studies;visual culture of Alexander the Great