L14 - Alexander the Great

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Cards (12)

  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Head of Alexander from Athens
    Date: 340-330 BCE
    Style: Late Classical
    Place: Acropolis of Athens
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Schwarzenberg Alexander
    Medium: marble
    Style: Late Classical
    Found: Tivoli
    Currently: Munich
    Original: bronze by Lyssipos, ca. 330 BC
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: The Azara Herm of Alexander
    Style: Late Classical
    Place: Paris
    Original: bronze by Lysippos, ca. 325
    Inscription: “Alexandros Philippou Makedōn”
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: The Alexander Mosaic
    Date: 150-100 BC
    Style: Hellenistic
    Place: Naples
    Original: painting by Apelles of Kos?, 330-300 BCE
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Alexander Thunderbolt-Bearer
    Date: 300-200 BCE
    Medium: engraved carnelian
    Place: St. Petersbrug Ca
    Inscription: "Of Neisos"
    Original: painting by Apelles of Kos
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Silver tetradrachm of Ptolemy I of Egypt
    Date: 310 BCE
    Style: Hellenistic
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Silver tetradrachms of Lysimachos of Thrace
    Date: 290 BCE
    Style: Hellenistic
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Gold double Daric from Mir Zakah
    Date: 326-323 BCE
    Style: Hellenistic
    Place: Afghanistan
  • Who were the artists, who created famous portraits for him?
    Lysippos - bronze caster
    Apelles of Kos - painter
    Pyrgoteles - gem cutter
  • How can we identify Alexander? What attributes did artists use?
    Zeusʼ aegis — animal skin, shield
    Eagle
    Royal diadem
    Anastole, pothos, youth
    Elephant pelt
    Horn of Zeus Amun
  • How do we identify portraits of Alexander?
    • Youthful, idealized, emphasizing physical beauty and divinity
    • Anastole hairstyle, resembles a lion's mane
    • Horns of Zeus Ammon (divinity)
    • Diademor royal headgear (royal status)
  • Recognize the work of art:
    Title: Alexander Statuettes
    Date: 330 BCE
    Medium: bronze
    Author: Lysippos
    Style: Late Classical/Hellenistic
    Place: Egypt, Harvard, Malibu