Polykles (painter)
Polykles ( ancient Greek Πολυκλῆς ) was a Greek painter from Adramyttion .
He is only known from a mention by Vitruvius . Along with Aristomenes and Nicomachus, he is named as one of the painters who would have earned great fame because of their talent, but who could not be known because of poverty, bad luck or failure in competitions.
Since the passage of the text is only corrupted after his name, it was discussed whether the following word is an ethnicon or a second name of the artist. It is believed that it is the designation of origin from Adramyttion .
literature
- Georg Lippold : Polykles 11. In: Paulys Realencyclopädie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume XXI, 2, Stuttgart 1952, Sp. 1726.
- Rosanna Pincelli: Polykles 3 . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 6. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- Rainer Vollkommer : Polykles (V) . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 731.
Remarks
- ↑ Vitruvius 3 praefatio 2 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polykles |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Πολυκλῆς (ancient Greek) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | between 6th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | between 6th century BC BC and 1st century BC Chr. |