Title on Photograph: THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN 500-100 BC. THE HELLENISTIC WORLD, C.240 BC.
Material: MAP
Comments on Photo: IMAGE FROM: ONIANS, JOHN (2004), ATLAS OF WORLD ART. LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING LTD. MAP 1, PAGE 62.
Comments on Subject: THE HELLENISTIC EMPIRES WERE ESSENTIALLY LANDBASED. THEY WERE CONNECTED BY CARAVAN ROUTES AND, TO SOME EXTENT, BY RIVERS SUCH AS THE TIGRIS, EUPHRATES ADN NILE, LUXURY GOOD WERE TRANSPORTED BY SEA THROUGHT HE MEDITERRANEAN. THE CENTRES OF PATRONAGE IN THIS WORLD WERE OFTEN ROYAL PALACES. FABULOUSLY RICH KINGS WERE ABLE TO COLLECT ARTWORKS FROM DISTANT PLACES OR COMMISSION PAINTERS, GEM-CUTTERS ADN ARCHITECTS TO SET UP COURT STUDIOS.
