THE LEGACY
OF
ALEXANDER THE GREAT

JOAQUÍN

MONTERO

(BENEDICTINE UNIVERSITY, Il, USA)

ISBN: 978-1-952799-53-2

$31.95

2023

ART COVER:
JOAQUÍN MONTERO
 

This work is the result of years of research and compilation of images related to the iconography of Alexander the Great. The image and influence of Alexander is so deep and extensive that the materials compiled have been divided in two parts: volume 1 covers the period from the Ancient World to the Renaissance and the beginning of the modern era; and volume 2 starts with the modern times into the contemporary world, all the way to the present day.

This visual journey shows the extraordinary relevance of Alexander’s legacy since his iconographic model accompanies us throughout the ages and reaches our contemporary times. A study or compilation of these characteristics has never been done before; therefore, it is new and different from what already exists. It covers about twenty-four centuries of art and history, from the life of Alexander to the present. This global approach and complete vision of his historical figure provides and contributes something new in the history of Alexander’s image.

This first book covers Alexander’s lifetime as a city founder, the beginning of his image as political propaganda in sculpture and numismatics during his life and later in the Hellenistic and Roman worlds, reaching the myth during Medieval times afterwards, and becoming a model for the Renaissance prince. Any reader or scholar interested in the figure of Alexander the Great will find something new or exciting in this extensive work that shows the real legacy of Alexander, a legacy that continues today and will last forever. Alexander’s wish for immortality has been granted in art history through the centuries.

 

Joaquín Montero, Ph.D., is a university professor at Benedictine University, Illinois (USA);

 

 he teaches History and Humanities besides Spanish, and Spanish Literature, Culture

 

 and Civilization. He is also a published poet, writer, illustrator, and an artist.

 

He has published research articles in

 

 different disciplines, mainly in the fields of History and the Humanities, and a historical novel on

 

 Alexander the Great. His main fields of research are history in general with focus on ancient times,

 

 art, and numismatics related to political propaganda.

 

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