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Polygnotus

5th century bc, Greek painter: associated with Cimon in rebuilding Athens
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Polygnotus

 

Born circa 510 B.C. on the island of Thasos; date of death unknown. Ancient Greek painter. Polygnotus executed wall paintings, heroic in spirit, for the Pinacotheca in Athens and for the Lesche (the recreation hall of the Cnidians) in Delphi. He also produced encaustic paintings. Polygnotus dealt with mythological and historical themes.

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Vseobshchaia istoriia iskusstv, vol. 1. Moscow, 1956. Pages 225–27.
Löwy, E. Polygnot: Ein Buch von griechischer Malerei, vols. 1–2. Vienna, 1929.
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