Antiphilos (painter)
Antiphilos ( ancient Greek Ἀντίφιλος , * in the 4th century BC ) was a Greek painter from Egypt . He lived around 330 BC. Chr., Was a contemporary of Apelles and distinguished himself in both the noble style and the rough genre image .
He is said to have painted with preference caricatures , lighting effects , scenes from everyday life , but also portraits , such as those of Alexander the Great and Philip II , and thereby demonstrated a great ease of conception.
literature
- Otto Rossbach : Antiphilos 6 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2525.
- Werner Müller: Antiphilos (II). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Volume 1: A-K. KG Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, ISBN 3-598-11413-3 , pp. 58-59.
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SURNAME | Antiphilus |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ἀντίφιλος |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter |
DATE OF BIRTH | 4th century BC Chr. |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th century BC BC or 3rd century BC Chr. |