Polygnotus

Phidias; Polycletus of Sicyon; Polygnotus, the Thracian; Parrhasius of Ephesus, surnamed Abrodiaitos, or the Beau; and Apelles, the prince of painters?

The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle 2004

Polygnotus was not an ordinary mechanic, nor was he paid for this work, but out of a desire to please the Athenians, painted the portico for nothing.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Polygnotus, the painter; and hence, when he painted the Trojan women in the porch, then called the Plesianactium, and now the

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

Polygnotus delineates character well; the style of Zeuxis is devoid of ethical quality.

Poetics 2002

It is the same in painting; and here lies the difference between Zeuxis and Polygnotus.

Poetics 2002

Polygnotus depicted men as nobler than they are, Pauson as less noble, Dionysius drew them true to life.

Poetics 2002

Polygnotus delineates character well; the style of Zeuxis is devoid of ethical quality.

Poetics 2002

Polygnotus depicted men as nobler than they are, Pauson as less noble, Dionysius drew them true to life.

Poetics 2002

It is the same in painting; and here lies the difference between Zeuxis and Polygnotus.

Poetics 2002

Pauson, but at those of Polygnotus, or any other painter or sculptor who expresses moral ideas.

Politics Aristotle 2002