TY - BOOK ID - 77863314 TI - Faces of power PY - 1993 VL - 11 SN - 0520909844 058513992X 9780520909847 9780585139920 0520068513 9780520068513 PB - Berkeley, Calif. University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Portraits, Hellenistic. KW - Portraits, Hellenistic KW - Greece KW - Regions & Countries - Europe KW - History & Archaeology KW - Hellenistic portraits KW - Alexander, KW - Alejandro, KW - Alekjhāṇḍara, KW - Aleksandar, KW - Aleksander, KW - Aleksandr, KW - Alekʻsandre, KW - Aleksandros bar Filipos, KW - Aleksandŭr, Makedonski, KW - Alessandro, KW - Alexander KW - Alexandre, KW - Alexandros KW - Alexandros, KW - Alexandros, Megalos, KW - Alexandru, KW - Alexantros, KW - Aleksandŭr, KW - Александър, KW - Iskandar, KW - Maḳdonya, Aleksandros bar Filipos, KW - Makedonski, Aleksandŭr, KW - Македонски, Александър, KW - Megalexandros, KW - Megas Alexandros, KW - Nagy Sándor, KW - Sikandar, KW - Iskender, KW - Μέγας Ἀλέξανδρος, KW - Ἀλέξανδρος, KW - Ἀλέξανδρος KW - אלכסנדר בן פיליפוס, KW - אלכסנדר, KW - اسكندر كبير KW - اسکندر اعظم KW - سکندراعظم KW - Art. KW - Politics and government UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77863314 AB - Alexander the Great changed the face of the ancient world. During his life and after his death, his image in works of art exerted an unprecedented influence-on marbles, bronzes, ivories, frescoes, mosaics, coins, medals, even painted pottery and reliefware. Alexander's physiognomy became the most famous in history. But can we really know what meaning lies behind these images?Andrew Stewart demonstrates that these portraits-wildly divergent in character, quality, type, provenance, date, and purpose-actually transmit not so much a likeness of Alexander as a set of carefully crafted clichés that mobilize the notion "Alexander" for diverse ends and diverse audiences. Stewart discusses the portraits as studies in power and his original interpretation of them gives unprecedented fullness and shape to the idea and image called "Alexander." ER -