HALLIE M. FRANKS
Volume: 3
Copyright Date: 2012
Published
by: American School of Classical Studies at Athens
Pages: 158
https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2972/j.ctt2jbht4
Book Description:
This monograph considers the painted frieze on the facade of Tomb II at Vergina (ca. 330-280 B.C.) as a visual document that offers vital evidence for the public self-stylings of Macedonian royalty in the era surrounding the reign of Alexander the Great. The hunting scene on the frieze reflects the construction of Macedonian royal identity through the appeal to specific and long-standing cultural traditions, which emerged, long before Alexanders reign, from a complex negotiation of claims to heroic and local dynastic pasts, regional ideals of kingship, and models of royal behavior provided by the East.
eISBN: 978-1-62139-010-7
Subjects: History, Art & Art History, Archaeology