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List Of Greek Artists
This is a list of Greek artists from the antiquity to today. Artists have been categorised according to their main artistic profession and according to the major historical period they lived in: the Ancient (until the foundation of the Byzantine Empire), the Byzantine (until the fall of Constantinople in 1453), Cretan Renaissance 1453-1660, Heptanese School 1660-1830 and the Modern period (1830-today). Artists working after World War II are considered Contemporary. Ancient Greece Poets Painters *Agatharchus * Antiphilus * Apelles *Apollodorus (painter) *Aristides of Thebes * Cimon of Cleonae * Echion (painter) *Euphranor * Eupompus *Melanthius *Panaenus * Parrhasius *Pausias * Polyeidos (poet) *Polygnotus *Protogenes * Theon of Samos * Zeuxis Vase painters Potters * Andokides *Brygos *Ergoteles *Ergotimos *Euphronios *Euthymides *Exekias *Exekias * Hermogenes *Kachrylion *Nearchos *Nikosthenes * Phintias * Phrynos * Sokles Architects *Apollodorus of Damasc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire or Byzantium, was the continuation of the Roman Empire primarily in its eastern provinces during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, when its capital city was Constantinople. It survived the fragmentation and fall of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD and continued to exist for an additional thousand years until the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire in 1453. During most of its existence, the empire remained the most powerful economic, cultural, and military force in Europe. The terms "Byzantine Empire" and "Eastern Roman Empire" were coined after the end of the realm; its citizens continued to refer to their empire as the Roman Empire, and to themselves as Romans—a term which Greeks continued to use for themselves into Ottoman times. Although the Roman state continued and its traditions were maintained, modern historians prefer to differentiate the Byzantine Empire from Ancient Rome ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pausias
Pausias ( el, Παυσίας) was an ancient Greek painter of the first half of the 4th century BCE, of the school of Sicyon. Biography Pausias introduced the custom of painting ceilings of houses. His great merit appears to have lain in the better rendering of foreshortening. The words in which Pliny describes a bull painted by him should be quoted: Pausias is thought to have invented the encaustic painting method. He was proud of being able to finish a picture in just 24 hours. His most famous work was of a bull called ''A Sacrifice'' improved by his son Aristolaos. The Porticus Pompei at Rome contained this large painting by Pausias. In Pausanias' ''Description of Greece'' some wall paintings by Pausias are mentioned. In the Tholos at Epidaurus, there was a painting of Eros laying down his bow and arrow to pick up his lyre. There was also a painting portraying the allegorical figure of Drunkenness as a woman, drinking wine from a crystal goblet with her face showing through ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hermogenes (potter)
Hermogenes was an Attic potter. He was active in Athens in the mid-6th century BC and belongs to the group known as the Little masters. Hermogenes mainly produced cups ('' kylikes''). Well-known are his band cups with depictions of women's heads on the band. The band skyphos, a specific type of ''skyphos'' with decoration resembling that of band cups is named after him. Hermogenes was an innovative potter. For example, similar to the potter Amasis, he made lip cups with feet derived from those of Siana cups. Bibliography * John Beazley Sir John Davidson Beazley, (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the U ...: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. * John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 66-70 Ancient Greek vase painters Ancient Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Exekias
Exekias ( grc, Ἐξηκίας, ''Exēkías'') was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter who was active in Athens between roughly 545 BC and 530 BC. Exekias worked mainly in the black-figure technique, which involved the painting of scenes using a clay slip that fired to black, with details created through incision. Exekias is regarded by art historians as an artistic visionary whose masterful use of incision and psychologically sensitive compositions mark him as one of the greatest of all Attic vase painters. The Andokides painter and the Lysippides Painter are thought to have been students of Exekias. Background The works of Exekias are distinguished by their innovative compositions, precise draughtsmanship, and subtle psychological characterization, all of which transcend the inherent challenges of the black-figure technique. John Boardman, the eminent historian of Greek art, described Exekias' style as follows: "The hallmark of his style is a near statuesque dignit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euthymides
Euthymides was an ancient Athenian potter and painter of vases, primarily active between 515 and 500 BC. He was a member of the Greek art movement later to be known as the Pioneer Group for their exploration of the new decorative style known as red-figure pottery. Euthymides was the teacher of another Athenian red-figure vase painter, the Kleophrades Painter. Euthymides was admired for his portrayal of human movement and studies of perspective, his painted figures being amongst the first to show foreshortened limbs. He was more minimalist than others in the movement, and his tendency was to draw relatively few figures, and only rarely overlap them. His works were normally inscribed "Euthymides painted me". Euthymides was a rival of his fellow Athenian Euphronios, and one of his amphorae is additionally marked with the playful taunt ''"hos oudepote Euphronios"'', words which have been variously interpreted as "as never Euphronios ould do, or "this wasn't one of Euphronios". Onl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euphronios
Euphronios ( el, Εὐφρόνιος; c. 535 – after 470 BC) was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter, active in Athens in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. As part of the so-called "Pioneer Group," (a modern name given to a group of vase painters who were instrumental in effecting the change from black-figure to red-figure pottery), Euphronios was one of the most important artists of the red-figure technique. His works place him at the transition from Late Archaic to Early Classical art, and he is one of the first known artists in history to have signed his work. General considerations The discovery of Greek vase painters In contrast to other artists, such as sculptors, no Ancient Greek literature sources refer specifically to vase painters. The copious literary tradition on the arts hardly mention pottery. Thus, reconstruction of Euphronios's life and artistic development—like that of all Greek vase painters—can only be derived from his works. Modern s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergotimos
Ergotimos (Έργότιμος) was a Greek potter, active in Athens, ''circa'' 570–560 BC. His son Eucharios was also a potter, as was a grandson whose name is not known. The following works signed by him are known: * Berlin, Antikensammlung 3151: footless cup * Berlin, Antikensammlung V. I. 4604: ' Gordion cup', from Gordion * Delphi: Fragment of a ''skyphos'' or ''kantharos'' * Florence, Museo Archeologico Etrusco 4209: volute krater, so-called 'François vase' * London, British Museum and Cambridge, Fitzwilliam Museum: Fragments of two cups from Naukratis * New York, Metropolitan Museum 31.11.4: Stand Apart from the cup Berlin 3151, all are painted by the vase painter Klitias. See also *Black-figure pottery *Pottery of ancient Greece Bibliography * John Beazley: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 76-80. * Der neue Pauly IV, 1998, Col. 65 s.v. Ergotimos (Heide Mommsen Heide (; Holsatian: ''Heid'') is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ergoteles (potter)
Ergoteles (Έργοτέλης) was a Greek potter, active in Athens around the middle of the 6th century BC. He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and the brother of Tleson. Three signed Little-master cups by him are known: * Berlin, Antikensammlung F 1758 * Florence, arts trade * Oxford, Ashmolean Museum G 1004 Bibliography * John Beazley Sir John Davidson Beazley, (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the Un ...: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 162. * Künstlerlexikon der Antike I, München, Leipzig 2001, p. 213-214 s.v. Ergoteles (Rolf Blatter) External links Ergoteles in the Beazley Archive Ancient Greek potters Artists of ancient Attica 6th-century BC Athenians {{AncientGreece-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brygos
Brygos was an ancient Greek potter, active in Athens between 490 and 470 BC. He is known as a producer of excellent drinking cups. About 200 of his pieces are known. The workshop of Brygos employed a red-figure vase painter who is conventionally called the Brygos Painter. The Brygos Painter is one of the most famous vase painters of his time. His work is characterised by its high quality and realistic depictions. The workshop of Brygos also employed the Briseis Painter, among others. See also * Pottery of ancient Greece *Art in ancient Greece Ancient Greek art stands out among that of other ancient cultures for its development of naturalistic but idealized depictions of the human body, in which largely nude male figures were generally the focus of innovation. The rate of stylistic d ... Bibliography *Ingeborg Scheibler. ''Griechische Töpferkunst'', C. H. Beck. External linksGetty Museum - Brygos Potter Ancient Greek potters Anonymous artists of antiquity {{Anc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andokides (potter)
Andokides (; ''The Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia'', 6th ed., Columbia University Press, 2012. el, Ἀνδοκίδης) was a famous of . The painter of his pots was an anonymous artist, the , who is recognized as the creator of the |
Zeuxis (painter)
Zeuxis (; grc-gre, Ζεῦξις) (of Heraclea) was a Greek painter who flourished during the 5th century BCE and became famous for his ability to imitate nature and especially still life with his art. Life and work Zeuxis was an innovative Greek painter. Although his paintings have not survived, historical records state they were known for their realism, small scale, novel subject matter, and independent format. His technique created volumetric illusion through manipulating light and shadow, a change from the usual method of filling in shapes with flat color. Preferring small scale panels to murals, Zeuxis also introduced genre subjects (such as still life) into painting. He contributed to the composite method of composition, and may have originated an approach to, and thus influenced the concept of the ideal form of the nude, as described by art historian Kenneth Clark. As the story goes, according to Cicero, Zeuxis could not find a woman beautiful enough to pose as Helen of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theon Of Samos
Theon of Samos ( grc, Θέων ὁ Σάμιος) was an ancient Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his ''forte'' consisted in a lifelike, or perhaps, as Brunn puts it, a theatrical representation of action. His figures were said to start out of the picture. He chose such congenial subjects as the madness of Orestes In Greek mythology, Orestes or Orestis (; grc-gre, Ὀρέστης ) was the son of Clytemnestra and Agamemnon, and the brother of Electra. He is the subject of several Ancient Greek plays and of various myths connected with his madness an ..., and a soldier rushing to battle. Another painter, Theorus, is mentioned, whom Brunn regards as identical with Theon. References Ancient Greek painters Ancient Samians 4th-century BC Greek people 4th-century BC painters {{Greece-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
