Greek painter from Samos, worked in Athens in the 2nd half of the 5th cent. BC. Ancient sources link A. with chronologically divergent historical events. Vitr. De arch. 7 praef. 11 describes A. in connection with stage painting as the ‘inventor’ of perspective in painting and mentions a theoretical work about this. The negative judgement of his contemporary Zeuxis regarding his hasty painting methods (Plut. Pericles 13), the information that Alcibiades [2] locked A. in his house so that he would decorate it (Plut. Alcibiades 16; an early example …
Agatharchus(254 words)
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Hoesch, Nicola (Munich), “Agatharchus”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e107130>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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