Apollodorus from Athens , known as Skiograf ( Greek Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ σκιαγράφος , last third of the 5th century BC) is an ancient Greek artist , master of Greek monumental painting.
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Little is known about the life of Apollodorus. His name is mentioned by Plutarch . According to Pliny the Elder , he was a great artist from Athens . He received the nickname "skiograph", that is, "shadow man", as he first began to transmit shadows and use half tones and became the forerunner of illusionism in art .
The first of the artists of antiquity, studied the effect of chiaroscuro and applied it in his art. He also introduced the beginnings of spaces and perspective into painting. Thus, Apollodorus was the founder of the actual painting (the so-called black-and-white painting), which reached its peak in the IV century. Prior to Apollodorus of Athens, the Greek artists depicted the shape of objects in one line, they did not imagine how to otherwise depict the shape of objects on a plane.
The heyday of his artistic activity occurred during the Lesser Peloponnesian War around 480 BC. e. His paintings were natural and innovative. The artist owns especially significant changes in the representation of the human body, which he brought closer to nature.
The work of Apollodorus has not survived to this day. Two of his paintings are known: “The Prayer of the Priest” and “ Ajax , Illuminated by Lightning”. Previously, they were in Pergamon , and they were admired during the time of Ancient Rome.
Literature
- Dictionary of antiquity. Translation from German. M .: Progress. Leipzig Bibliographic Institute. 1989.
- Big Encyclopedic Dictionary. 2000.