material culture exercise three
Search in Pollitt's Chapter on Royal Iconography for better understanding of the following questions. As you do so, try to develop your own hypotheses to answer these questions:
How does Pollitt describe the change in art from the Classical Greek period to the Hellenistic Greek period?
Why does Alex, according to Plutarch, allow only Lysippos to sculpt his portrait?
What traits of leadership do the marble portraits convey?
Take a close look at the coins depicted in this chapter. How do they align leadership with divinity? How do they accommodate for different ethnic or cultural groups?
What does the royal iconography depicted in this chapter, in each of its forms (sculpture, coins, gems, paintings) convey about leadership that a text could not convey?
Why do you think Alex’ successors – the Hellenistic kings – copy this style of royal iconography?
What kind of leadership traits are displayed through these examples of material culture?
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