TY - BOOK ID - 3435827 TI - Art in the era of Alexander the Great : paradigms of Manhood and their cultural traditions AU - Cohen, Ada AU - Cambridge University Press PY - 2010 SN - 9780521769044 0521769043 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Art, Greek KW - Masculinity in art. KW - Femininity in art. KW - Identity (Psychology) in art. KW - Art grec KW - Masculinité dans l'art KW - Féminité dans l'art KW - Identité (Psychologie) dans l'art KW - Themes, motives. KW - Thèmes, motifs KW - Masculinité dans l'art KW - Féminité dans l'art KW - Identité (Psychologie) dans l'art KW - Thèmes, motifs KW - Femininity in art KW - Identity (Psychology) in art KW - Masculinity in art KW - Masculinity (Psychology) in art KW - Greek art KW - Art, Aegean KW - Classical antiquities KW - Art, Greco-Bactrian KW - Themes, motives UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:3435827 AB - "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 body of artwork articulated specifically Macedonian aspirations. Cohen focuses on three key "masculine" themes - warfare, hunting, and abduction of women - exploring their visual and conceptual interconnections. She demonstrates their preoccupation with the visual celebration of violence and studies the analogies they draw among the ideological categories of "enemy, " "animal, " and "woman." Simultaneously historical and thematic, Cohen's text is structured around select paintings and mosaics from northern Greek sites, such as Pella and Vergina, and from both secular and funerary contexts. She also examines monuments from other ancient contexts and in other media to illuminate specific questions of style, theme, and meaning"--Provided by publisher. "Simultaneously historical and thematic, this book studies an important period in Greek art, the late Classical and earely Hellenistic, especially the reigns of Philip II, his famous son Alexander the Great, and their successors. It focuses on the three traditionally "masculine" themes of warfare, hunting, and the abduction of women. All three show a preoccupation with the pictorial celebration of violence and draw analogies among the ideological categories "enemy, " "animal, " and "women." The book explores the ways in which masculine and feminine identities were usually constructed and communicated"--Provided by publisher. ER -