Visual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World

Nemrud Dağ and Commagene under Antiochos I

Bibliographic Data

ID19930962
AuthorsMiguel John Versluys (0000-0003-2290-4169, Leiden University, corresponding author)
Year2017
Publication date2017-06-29
Open AccessYes
TypeBOOK
VenueVisual Style and Constructing Identity in the Hellenistic World (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherCambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1017/9781316494035
OpenAlexW4234216207
ISBN9781316494035
Open LibraryOL34722853M
LanguageEN
Citations received11

Located in the small kingdom of Commagene at the upper Euphrates, the late Hellenistic monument of Nemrud Dağ (c.50 BC) has been undeservedly neglected by scholars. Qualified as a Greco-Persian hybrid instigated by a lunatic king, this fascinating project of bricolage has been written out of history. This volume redresses that imbalance, interpreting Nemrud Dağ as an attempt at canon building by Antiochos I in order to construct a dynastic ideology and social order, and proving the monument's importance for our understanding of a crucial transitional phase from Hellenistic to Roman. Hellenistic Commagene therefore holds a profound significance for a number of discussions, such as the functioning of the Hellenistic koine and the genesis of Roman 'art', Hellenism and Persianism in antiquity, dynastic propaganda and the power of images, Romanisation in the East, the contextualising of the Augustan cultural revolution, and the role of Greek culture in the Roman world

Aesthetics · Ancient history · Art · Bricolage · Identity (music) · Ideology · Literature · Lunatic · Political science · Politics · Roman art · Romanization · Style (visual arts) · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Byzantine Studies and History · Classical Antiquity Studies · Classics · History · Law · Antiquities · Armenia · Excavations (Archaeology) · Hellenism · Monuments · Tomb · Tombs

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