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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: John BoardmanPublisher: Princeton University Press Imprint: Princeton University Press ISBN: 9780691181752ISBN 10: 0691181756 Pages: 176 Publication Date: 08 January 2019 Audience: General/trade , Professional and scholarly , General , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Language: English Table of ContentsReviewsA delightful personal exploration of a vast subject, this is a book for everyone who is interested in antiquity and its legacy. --Richard Stoneman, author of The Book of Alexander the Great Written by a supremely knowledgeable guide, this is a remarkable survey of fascinating lore and legend about Alexander the Great. Whether in Hades or the Blessed Isles, Alexander will surely smile as he reads this tribute to his memory. --Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World Boardman relates and confronts, with his usual genial acuity, the 'traditions' of Alexander head-on, exploiting and displaying to the full his unrivaled expertise in the cross-cultural melding of post-Alexander visual-artistic currents. He takes his story down well beyond antiquity too, providing something for a wide potential non-classicist readership to get their teeth into. --Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus, University of Cambridge A delightful personal exploration of a vast subject, this is a book for everyone who is interested in antiquity and its legacy. --Richard Stoneman, author of The Book of Alexander the Great Written by a supremely knowledgeable guide, this is a remarkable survey of fascinating lore and legend about Alexander the Great. Whether in Hades or the Blessed Isles, Alexander will surely smile as he reads this tribute to his memory. --Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World Boardman's affection for his subject shines . . . . [Alexander the Great] will entertain and instruct both scholars and the wider public . . . . [Boardman's] extensive knowledge of ancient literature and even more especially art, ranging far beyond the narrow confines of the classical world, remains unrivalled. ---Lucilla Burn, Art Newspaper A vivid survey. ---Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education A vivid survey. ---Matthew Reisz, Times Higher Education Boardman relates and confronts, with his usual genial acuity, the 'traditions' of Alexander head-on, exploiting and displaying to the full his unrivaled expertise in the cross-cultural melding of post-Alexander visual-artistic currents. He takes his story down well beyond antiquity too, providing something for a wide potential non-classicist readership to get their teeth into. --Paul Cartledge, A. G. Leventis Professor of Greek Culture Emeritus, University of Cambridge A delightful personal exploration of a vast subject, this is a book for everyone who is interested in antiquity and its legacy. --Richard Stoneman, author of The Book of Alexander the Great Written by a supremely knowledgeable guide, this is a remarkable survey of fascinating lore and legend about Alexander the Great. Whether in Hades or the Blessed Isles, Alexander will surely smile as he reads this tribute to his memory. --Adrienne Mayor, author of The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient World Author InformationJohn Boardman is a Fellow of the British Academy and a Senior Research Associate at the University of Oxford's Beazley Archive. He is Professor Emeritus of Classical Art and Archaeology at Lincoln College, Oxford, and former Assistant Keeper at the Ashmolean Museum. His many books include The Greeks Overseas, The History of Greek Vases, and The Greeks in Asia. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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