Autorentext

Ingrid Alexander-Skipnes is a Lecturer in Art History at the Kunstgeschichtliches Institut at Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, Germany. She is an Associate Professor Emerita of the University of Stavanger, Norway.

Klappentext

This volume explores the images of Alexander the Great during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, how they came about and why they were so popular.

Inhalt

1. Introduction; 2. Alexander's Ancient Authors, Renaissance Humanists, and Altdorfer's Painting; 3. Alexander among the Nine Worthies and the Uomini famosi; 4. Alexander in Renaissance Rome; 5. Depicting the Macedonian King beyond Rome; 6. Alexander's Court Painter, Apelles, and his Fame among Renaissance Artists; 7. The King's Horse, Bucephalus; 8. Alexander in Renaissance Tapestries and Petrarch's Triumph of Fame; 9. Alexander at the Château de Fontainebleau; Epilogue