| FT-52779-04 | Research Programs: Summer Stipends | Peter James Holliday | Historical Commemoration in the Hellenistic Age | 6/1/2004 - 7/31/2004 | $5,000.00 | Peter | James | Holliday | | | | CSU, Long Beach | Long Beach | CA | 90840-0004 | USA | 2004 | Art History and Criticism | Summer Stipends | Research Programs | 5000 | 0 | 5000 | 0 |
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. |