Late Classical: 5-56. The Battle of Issus

historical event/characters shown in the painting

Alexander The Great Confronts Darius III At The Battle of Issus

Know date/style of original painting, that this is a Roman mosaic copy of the original painting

Late Classical Period, 325 BCE

two possibilities as to who the artist was, and that this may be the only work by a named woman artist we will be seeing this semester

Philoxenos vs. Helen of Egypt

features of Late Classical style this work shows

emphasises action and psychological states, emotion, a lot of interactions between figures