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Apelles
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Apelles Greek painter active in the 4th century bc, born at Colophon in Asia Minor. Apelles was reckoned in antiquity to be the greatest of Greek painters, renowned particularly for his gracefulness, but none of his work survives. He was court painter to Philip II of Macedon and his son Alexander the Great, and one of the many anecdotes concerning the artist tells how Alexander gave him his mistress Pancaspe after the artist had fallen in love with her while painting her in the nude. The names of about 30 of his works are recorded by ancient sources. Among them were portraits of Alexander the Great (particularly famous was one for the temple of Artemis at Ephesus),
Aphrodite Anadyomene (Venus rising from the sea) made for the temple of Asclepius at Cos, brought to Rome by Augustus, and set up in the temple of Caesar, and
Calumny. Descriptions of his work by classical authors were well known during the
Renaissance and inspired several major artists to attempt to emulate them.
Botticelli made a painting and
Mantegna a drawing of
Calumny (Uffizi, Florence, and BM, London, respectively), and
Titian painted an
Aphrodite Anadyomene (NG, Edinburgh).
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"Ne supra crepidam sutor!" [Schuster, bleib bei deinem Leisten!]: Das Diktum des Apelles seit Petrarca bis zum Ende des Quattrocento
Magazine article from: Fifteenth Century Studies; 1/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...spten 14. Jahrhunderts wurde der Grieche Apelles (fl. 300 B.C.) als der "beste Maler...Fhrungsrolle unter den antiken Virtuosen blieb Apelles meist auch in den folgenden Jahrhunderten...Redensart ergeben habe. Im Augenblick, als Apelles den Tadel des Schusters wegen einer fehlenden...
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Native American Fiction: A User's Manual/The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story
Magazine article from: Studies in American Indian Literatures; 7/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...Graywolf, 2006. 212 pp. _____. The Translation of Dr. Apelles: A Love Story. St. Paul, MN: Graywolf, 2006. 315 pp...simultaneous publication of his third novel The Translation of Dr. Apelles and his nonfiction "user's manual" Native American Fiction...
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TALKING VOLUMES; A mind of his own; Talking Volumes' season opener David Treuer flashes his literary wares in "The Translation of Dr Apelles: A Love Story" and stirs the pot in a contrarian book of essays on American Indian fiction.(ENTERTAINMENT)(TALKING VOLUMES)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 8/27/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Friday by Graywolf Press in St. Paul: "The Translation of Dr Apelles: A Love Story" and "Native American Fiction: A User's...and canoe." Love writ large Judging "The Translation of Dr Apelles" on its merits alone, readers will find all the fine tools...
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What's Missing From This Picture? Creativity, Attachment Theory and the Legacy of Apelles
Magazine article from: The Journal of Psychohistory; 1/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; What's Missing From This Picture? Creativity, Attachment Theory and the Legacy of Apelles Andrew Brink, Desire and Avoidance in Art-Pablo Picasso, Hans Bellmer, Balthus and Joseph Cornell: Pyschobiographical Studies...
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Ancient & modern
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 2/9/2002; ; 593 words
; ...the famous 4th-century BC Greek artist Apelles offered a useful subject for next year...it here first. This week, however, Apelles has useful advice to offer that national...once and for all. According to Pliny, Apelles rated the general public a better judge...
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Amateurs and rookies.(sermon)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Christian Century; 1/24/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...of the public markets in Corinth, and Apelles, a shoemaker who plies his trade in the...Erastus collects taxes. Neither Erastus nor Apelles has any patience with the prickly little...well as to Patti and his few associates. Apelles has already split Paul's head open and...
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Love in a Dead Language; A lonely translator of Native American texts finds an ancient manuscript -- and, finally, true love.
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/17/2006; ; 700+ words
; THE TRANSLATION OF DR APELLES A Love Story By David Treuer Graywolf...third novel, The Translation of Dr Apelles, he echoes Virgil. Lest the many inconsistencies...unreliable narrators of their own lives. Dr Apelles is a 43-year-old Native American...
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ON NATIVE GROUNDS
Magazine article from: The Village Voice; 8/2/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...again in a novel, The Translation of Dr. Apelles (also out from Graywolf in September...Treuer himself is quick to note, Dr. Apelles is by far his most autobiographical novel...The connection is easy to make. Dr. Apelles is the story of an educated, assimilated...
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Leading Digital Agency Greater Than One Names New Leadership.
PR Newswire; 5/13/2008; 700+ words
; Co-Founder Izard Apelles Assumes Chairman and CEO role; Agency...management, naming Elizabeth Izard Apelles Chairman and CEO and Richard Newman...Financial Officer. Greater Than One, which Apelles co-founded eight years ago, has grown...
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Art, agency, and authority in Calderon's 'Darlo todo y no dar nada.'(Pedro Calderon de la Barca)(Critical Essay)
Magazine article from: The Modern Language Review; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...the celebrated painter of antiquity, Apelles, and in particular his creative value...the play, Alexander tells the painters Apelles, Zeuxis, and Timantes, 'ejerceis el...urban provenance), to the painter Apelles, after the latter had fallen in love...
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Apelles
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Apelles Apelles (active after 350 B.C.) was one of the most prominent ancient Greek...they are described by ancient writers. Sources disagree as to whether Apelles was a native of Cos (Pliny), Colophon (Suidas), or Ephesus (Strabo...
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Campaspe
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Diogenes . Alexander the Great engages Apelles to paint the portrait of his Theban captive Campaspe. Apelles and Campaspe fall in love; when the portrait...becomes suspicious and by a trick makes Apelles reveal it. He surrenders Campaspe to...
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Protogenes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...of the most celebrated Greek painters of Rhodes and Athens. Apelles is said to have been the first to recognize the talents of...For 20 years he enjoyed a reputation second only to that of Apelles. Ancient writers, notably Pliny the Elder, record that his...
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Botticelli, Sandro
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
...figures, so that the entire picture surface seemed more alive. Many works exhibited this new method, such as the Calumny of Apelles, a drawing of a description of a painting by an ancient Roman writer; the Crucifixion, with a rain of arrows falling on...
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Sandro Botticelli
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...the entire picture surface acquired a trembling vibrancy. Many works exhibited this new tendency, such as the Calumny of Apelles, a visualization of a description of a painting by an ancient Roman writer; the Crucifixion, with a rain of arrows descending...
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