Program

Research Programs: Summer Stipends

Period of Performance

6/1/2004 - 7/31/2004

Funding Totals

$5,000.00 (approved)
$5,000.00 (awarded)


Historical Commemoration in the Hellenistic Age

FAIN: FT-52779-04

Peter James Holliday
CSU, Long Beach (Long Beach, CA 90840-0004)

In the Hellenistic period (323-31 B.C.) newly founded monarchies carved out of Alexander the Great's empire sought to legitimize their authority among diverse peoples across a wide geographic area. Historical commemorations--monuments celebrating actual events--were central in the making of public power at the time; they are key now to our understanding of how art and political life intersected in the Hellenistic world. The proposed study will present a comprehensive analysis of such monuments associated with the major kingdoms of the Hellenistic world, examining the artworks as active agents in making meaning, not mere reflections of it.





Associated Products

The Origins of Roman Historical Commemoration in the Visual Arts (Book)
Title: The Origins of Roman Historical Commemoration in the Visual Arts
Author: Holliday, Peter James
Year: 2002
Primary URL: https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=9780521810135
Primary URL Description: WorldCat entry
Publisher: New York: Cambridge University Press
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9780521810135