ABSTRACT
The interest in Alexander the Great in Renaissance Rome nurtured the humanist concern with disseminating Greco-Roman culture and was particularly strong during the sixteenth century when several fresco cycles with scenes from his life appeared. In his military campaigns, Alexander brought Greek culture to the East, and, as a pupil of Aristotle, his interest in literature, the arts, philosophy, and natural history was admired in humanist circles. The numerous Greek works of art in bronze that were copied in marble in ancient Rome is testimony to the high esteem in which Greek art was held.
