Pamphilus (painter)
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Career
Pamphilus was the disciple of Eupompus, the founder of the Sicyonian school of painting, and worked to establish this school.[3] Of his own works we have mostly scanty accounts; but he was well known and respected as a teacher of his style of art. Among those who paid price for his tuition were Melanthius, Pausias and Apelles[4] the painter of Alexander the Great.
According to Pliny, Pamphilus was an educated man, both in literacy and mathematics.[5] He promoted the importance of education to the development of skilful painting.[6]
Legacy
The prominence of Pamphilus' school of painting contributed to the acceptance of painting as important to the education of noble youth.[7] His ideas about the incorporation of mathematical skills in painting were quoted centuries later as evidence that painting was a science.[8]
References
- Macedonatione, Plinius.
- ISBN 978-0-19-101676-9.
- ^ William Smith; Charles Anthon (1843). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Harper & Brothers. pp. 710–.
- ISBN 90-04-05395-6.
- ISBN 978-0-8078-3110-6.
- ^ The History of Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Graving, and of Those who Have Excell'd in Them. In Three Books, Etc. [Translated from the French.]. 1699. pp. 19–.
- ^ Charles Anthon (1842). A Classical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Principal Proper Names Mentioned in Ancient Authors, and Intended to Elucidate All the Important Points Connected with the Geography, History, Biography, Mythology, and Fine Arts of the Greeks and Romans Together with an Account of Coins, Weights, and Measures, with Tabular Values of the Same. Harper. pp. 965–.
- ISBN 978-94-011-4142-0.
Sources
- The Ancient Library - Pamphilus (Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology)
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Kehayas Gounaris, Ioannis (2016). Πάμφιλος ὁ Ἀμφιπολίτης - Pamphilus the Amphipolitan. Σέρρες. ISBN 978-960-88423-8-0.