Kleanthes (painter)

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Kleanthes ( ancient Greek Κλεάνθης ) was a Greek painter from Corinth who lived in the 7th century BC. Was active.

Kleanthes are already considered ancient by ancient art writers. After Pliny he was one of the oldest known painters from Corinth as well as the inventor of the outline drawing , whose name stands for the beginning of this art form ( prima pictura ). Comparisons with vase paintings executed in this style , in connection with archaic motifs, show the dating of his creative period to the 7th century BC.

Strabon names three images that were famous in his day and that were in the temple of Artemis Alpheionia near the Zeus sanctuary at Olympia . One was created by Aregon and the other two by Kleanthes, depicting the destruction of Troy and the birth of Athena . A scene is known from the picture of the birth of Athena, in which Poseidon , standing next to Zeus , hands him a tuna. It is believed that this motif is a separate work that was wrongly viewed as part of the Athena scene.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ Pliny, Naturalis Historia 35: 15-16.
  2. ^ Nadja N. Koch: De picturae initiis. The beginnings of Greek painting in the 7th century BC Chr. (= Studies on ancient painting and coloring , volume 3). Biering & Brinkmann, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-930609-09-6 , p. 23.
  3. ↑ Strabo 8,3,12.
  4. ↑ Athenaios , Deipnosophistai 8,346.
  5. ^ Rainer Vollkommer: Kleanthes . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike. Volume 1: A-K. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2001, p. 413.
personal data
SURNAME Kleanthes
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Κλεάνθης (grcS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek painter
DATE OF BIRTH 8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr.