Polygnotus
Polygnotus (/pɒlɪɡˈnoʊtəs/; Greek: Πολύγνωτος Polygnotos) was an ancient Greek painter from the middle of the 5th century BC.
Life
He was the son and pupil of Aglaophon.[1] He was a native of Thasos, but was adopted by the Athenians, and admitted to their citizenship.
During the time of
and the taking of Troy.The traveller Pausanias recorded a careful description of these paintings, figure by figure.[3] The foundations of the building have been recovered in the course of the French excavations at Delphi. From this evidence, some archaeologists have tried to reconstruct the paintings, other than their colours. The figures were detached and seldom overlapping, ranged in two or three rows one above another; and the farther were not smaller nor dimmer than the nearer. Therefore, it seems that the paintings of this time were executed on almost precisely the same plan as contemporary sculptural reliefs.
Polygnotus employed only a few simple colours.
References
Citations
- ^ a b Bieber, Margarete (1976). "Polygnotus". In William D. Halsey (ed.). Collier's Encyclopedia. Vol. 19. Macmillan Educational Corporation. p. 222.
- ^ "Photo guide of Polygnotus street near Archea Agora in Athens".
- ^ Pausanias, 10.25–31
Bibliography
- Pausanias, Description of Greece. W. H. S. Jones (translator). Loeb Classical Library. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London, William Heinemann Ltd. (1918).
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Polygnotus". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 22 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
