Alexander the Great is portrayed at a young age, as he would have been during his sole visit to Athens, after the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC. The deep set eyes, the upward glance, the half-open lips as well as the characteristic hairstyle, with rich curls standing up over the forehead, the anastoli, are all typical features of Alexander.

2018年5月12日 · The head reveals all of the characteristic features of the sculpted heads of Alexander the Great: the drooping of the head onto the shoulder and its slight backward inclination, the great mane of hair rising from the middle of the forehead like that of a lion's mane, and its falling on both sides in uneven locks, the round eyes with heavy lids ...

2023年11月2日 · Alexander the Great achieved an almost mythical status in the centuries after his death, as evidence by this Roman statue from the second century CE. The head of an Alexander the Great statue found in Konuralp, in northwest Turkey near the city of Düzce.

2023年10月5日 · Archaeologists from the Düzce Municipality in Turkey announced in a statement the discovery of an Alexander the Great statue head that is nearly in pristine condition. The rare and unique object...

Turned violently upward and to its own left, this head of Alexander the Great as Helios, god of the sun, was carved to be let into a statue of nearly colossal proporti …

2024年2月29日 · Alexander the Great is portrayed at a young age, as he would have been during his sole visit to Athens, after the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC. The deep set eyes, the upward glance, the half-open lips as well as the characteristic hairstyle, with rich curls standing up over the forehead, the anastoli, are all typical features of Alexander.

2024年3月1日 · The head of a statue determined by archaeologists to belong to Alexander the Great, was unearthed recently during excavations in north-western Turkey. The marble head, dated to the 2nd century AD, was found at the top of a theater in the ancient city of Konuralp, near modern-day Düzce.

2020年12月28日 · This herm is easy to identify as Alexander the Great because of the inscription found underneath the head, which reads: “Alexander, (son of) Philip, (king of) Macedon”. Dating first or second century AD, this Herm is a copy of a bronze statue made by the sculptor Lysippos around 330 BC.

Alexander the Great (the so-called Nelidow Alexander), Roman copy of a Greek original, 2nd century C.E., bronze, 12.1 x 5.3 x 3.6 cm (Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge) One such Roman statue is recognizable as Alexander because of its leonine hair …

2024年10月10日 · Alexander the Great’s images follows a recognizable formula that includes a full head of hair, swept up over the forehead, deep-set eyes, full and slightly parted lips, a strong chin, and sturdy neck.