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Alexandria: Past Futures
Alexandria: Past Futures
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This book explores the ancient city of Alexandria, founded by Alexander the Great in 331 BC, and its unique urban, political, and religious organization. It revisits the city, focusing on the Greeks, Egyptians, Lighthouse, and Library, and explores its nuanced history through the lens of art and history. Recent discoveries have refined our knowledge of the city, and contemporary artworks provide a critical and poetic association with its themes. The exhibition schedule includes BOZAR, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels, and MUCEM, Musée des Civilisations de lEurope et de la Méditerranée, Marseille.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 240 pages
Publication date: 10 January 2023
Publisher: Yale University Press
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Founded in 331 BC by Alexander the Great, Alexandria's unique urban, political, and religious organization evolved alongside the numerous scientific innovations and philosophical expressions that shaped the city into one of the ancient world's civilizational centers. Located at the intersection of art and history, this book revisits the former Egyptian megapolis of Alexandria with the aim of going beyond the usual depictions of the city – focusing on the Greeks, the Egyptians, the Lighthouse, and the Library – to take a journey of discovery into an ancient city that is full of nuance.
Several recent discoveries have enabled us to refine our knowledge of the lost city of Alexandria. By examining the city's multi-layered temporalities, this book echoes dominant accounts of Alexandria as a city through which successive civilisations and political formations of the past (Byzantine, Arab, Modern) have rehearsed visions of futures that are either no longer present or remain felt through Alexandria's remaining material culture and built environment. This book also features a series of contemporary artworks that develop a critical and poetic association with the themes it covers.
Exhibition Schedule:
BOZAR, Center for Fine Arts, Brussels: 29/09/2022 – 08/01/2023
MUCEM, Musée des Civilisations de lEurope et de la Méditerranée, Marseille: 08/02/2022 – 08/05/2023
Dimension: 267 x 216 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780300270181
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