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Object Name |
Alexander the Great and Aristotle |
Object ID# |
MC 0320 |
Artist (replica) |
Handpainted reproduction by Martha Smyth © BMC |
Date |
342-339 BC |
Description |
For three years, Aritotle tutored Alexander and some of his companions at Mieza, near Pella. There they studied letters, including grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic; arithmetic, geometry, and astronomy; gymnastics, for Aristotle believed in the merits of a sound body as well as a trained mind; drawing and music. Alexander used to say that he loved Aristotle more than his father, for the one had given him life but the other had taught him the noble life. The relationship of Alexander and Aristotle gave mediaeval writers and artists an occasion to remind their fourteenth-century monarchs of the importance of encouraging scholarship and surrounding themselves with learned men. |
Place of Origin |
Greece |
Medium |
Painting from print |
Material |
Parchment |
Location of Original |
Bibliotheque Nationale Paris |
Dimensions Details |
Picture Height: 100 mm Width: 152 mm Parchment Height: 195 mm Width: 196 mm |