The Alexander Mosaic
Subtitle: Stories of Victory and Defeat (Cambridge Studies in Classical Art and Iconography)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: January 28, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780521775434
Subjects: History of art: BCE to c 500 CE, ancient & classical world; Mosaics; General; Art & Art Instruction; Art; Ancient Rome; European; History - Ancient & Classical; Mosaic; Alexander mosaic (Pompeii); Art / General
First sentence: IT IS CONSIDERED one of the great masterpieces of ancient art, a work whose beauty conjures up something of the astonishing achievement of artists otherwise known to us as mere names, listed in Books 34 and 35 of Pliny's Natural History.