Agatharchus
Agatharchus , fl. 5th cent. BC, Greek painter of the Athenian school, b. Samos. He is credited by Vitruvius with important discoveries in application of shading and perspective and was the first painter of scenery for Athenian tragedies.
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Too beautiful to picture; Zeuxis, myth, and Mimesis.(Brief article)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 5/1/2007; 105 words
; ...to picture; Zeuxis, myth, and Mimesis. Mansfield, Elizabeth C. U. of Minnesota Press 2007 232 pages $25.00 Paperback N7760 Greek painter Zeuxis, unable to find a suitable model for his painting of Helen of Troy, chose five models and combined the best features...
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Ghosts of chance. (painter Ellsworth Kelly)(Kelly Read)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; In book 35 of his Natural History, Pliny the Elder tells how the Greek painter Protogenes, frustrated by his inability to finish one of his paintings to his satisfaction, ended up throwing a sponge he was using...
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Apostolos Georgiou: Galerie Xippas.
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 9/1/2005; ; 509 words
; ...interest in some of the less modish but more substantial painters who have been working under the radar since then. If so, Greek painter Apostolos Georgiou, whose career stretches back more than two decades but who has not until now had a solo show outside his...
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Sylvia. (Palais Garnier, Paris, France)
Magazine article from: Dance Magazine; 10/1/1997; ; 610 words
; ...Paris Opera Orchestra under the direction of Estonian Vello Pahn, against sparse yet bold sets and costumes designed by the Greek painter Yannis Kokkos, Neumeier's Sylvia succeeds in sweeping the spectator into a tenderly passionate world of grace and color...
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Mortal immortal: Christopher S. Wood on Hans Holbein the Younger.(FROM THE VAULT)(Biography)
Magazine article from: Artforum International; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...had died in France in 1519. His alluring painting Lais of Corinth, 1526, depicting the courtesan and lover of the ancient Greek painter Apelles, expresses all the ambivalence of an artist newly released into a free market of art. Lais is the successful court...
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Rubens resplendent.(Art)(Peter Paul Rubens exhibition)
Magazine article from: National Review; 3/14/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...years of returning to Antwerp, Rubens was being hailed as the Apelles of our age, comparison with the fourth-century B.C. Greek painter being regarded as the zenith of praise. Among other things, this exhibition demonstrates Rubens's ability to achieve the...
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