Anaxandra
Anaxandra (Greek: Ἀναξάνδρα; fl. 220s BC) was an ancient Greek female artist and painter from Greece.[1] She was the daughter and student of Nealkes, a painter of mythological and genre scenes.[2] She painted c. 228 B.C.[3] She is mentioned by Clement of Alexandria, the 2nd century Christian theologian, in a section of his Stromateis (Miscellanies) entitled "Women as Well as Men Capable of Perfection". Clement cites a lost work of the Hellenistic scholar Didymus Chalcenterus (1st century BC) as his source.[4]
Modern uses
Her name was given by the International Astronomical Union in 1994 to a large 20 km diameter crater on Venus to commemorate the artist.[5] The name was also used by the author Caroline B. Cooney for the principal character in her 2003 novel Goddess of Yesterday, which is set during the Trojan War.[6]
See also
Notes
- ^ Ellet, E. F. (1859). Women artists in all ages and countries. New York: Harper & Bros.
- ^ Smith, William (1851). A new classical dictionary of Greek and Roman biography, mythology, and geography, partly based upon the Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. New York: Harper & Brothers. p. 163.
- ^ Id.
- ISBN 9780226505503.
- ISBN 0521496527.
- ISBN 9780385729451.
References
- Anaxandra in the Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology William Smith (1870) at Ancient Library. Accessed September 2007
- Women Artists in All Ages and Countries By Elizabeth Fries Ellet, New York, 1859. At Google book search.
- Painting of Ancient Sikyon at Ancient Greek Cities, (1997) Ellen Papakyriakou/Anagnostou. Accessed September 2007
- Anaxandra crater Venus Crater database, Lunar and Planetary Institute, 2007
- Anaxandra crater Gazetteer of Planetary Nomenclature. Accessed September 2007
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