Pollis (sculptor)
Pollis ( ancient Greek Πόλλις ) was a Greek sculptor of unknown time.
He is known from the Naturalis historia of Pliny , in which he is named as an arch-builder who created statues of athletes, warriors, hunters and sacrificers.
It has been speculated that he was the father of the vase painter and potter Euthymides from the 6th / 5th centuries. Century BC Who gave his works the corrupt patronym of Πολ [...] . It was also considered that he would work with the architect Pollis of the same name from the 4th century BC mentioned in Vitruvius . To be equated.
literature
- Georg Lippold : Pollis 4. In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXI, 2, Stuttgart 1952, Col. 1417 f.
- Pollis . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 6. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Pollis (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 705.
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pollis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Πόλλις (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 7th century BC BC and 1st century |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 7th century BC BC and 1st century |