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Agatharchus (Ancient Greek: Ἀγάθαρχος) was a self-taught painter from Samos who lived in the 5th century BC. He is said by Vitruvius to have invented scene-painting, and to have painted a scene (sce...
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Agatharchus (Gr. Ἀγάθαρχος) was a Syracusan who was placed by the Syracusans over a fleet of twelve ships in 413 BC, to visit their allies and harass the Athenians. He was afterwards, in the same year, one of the Syracusan commanders in the decisive battle fought in the city's...
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Agatharchus (ăg"uthär'kus) [key], fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek painter of the Athenian school, b. Samos. He is credited by Vitruvius with important discoveries in application of shading and perspective and was the first painter of scenery for Athenian tragedies. More on Agatharchus from Infoplease:
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24/7 Sri Lanka News Update : Sir Lanka News by MulPituwa.Com - Latest Hot News from Sri Lanka. For the ancient historian who was sometimes called Agatharchus, see Agatharchides. For the Syracusan commander, Agatharchus was therefore the first painter known to have used graphical perspective on a large scale,
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AGATHARCHUS, an Athenian painter of the 5th century B.C. He is said by Vitruvius to have been the first to paint a scene for the acting of tragedies. Hence some writers, such as Karl Woermann, This is a mistaken view, the background painted by Agatharchus was the wooden front of the stage building,
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Agatharchus – Facts about Agatharchus, biography, pictures of Agatharchus, videos, and Information at Encyclopedia.com: a free, credible collection of...
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This page has information about AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS - Encyclopedia Britannica - AGATHARCHIDES, or AGATHARCHUS the background painted by Agatharchus was the wooden front of the stage building, Agatharchus is said to have been seized by Alcibiades and compelled by him to paint the interior of his...
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Agatharchus , fl. 5th cent. B.C. , Greek painter of the Athenian school, b. Samos. He is credited by Vitruvius with important discoveries in Results for Agatharchus the background painted by Agatharchus was the wooden front of the stage building, and it was painted, not with reference to any particular play,
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Agatharchus. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-07 ( g´´ thär´k s) (KEY) , fl. 5th cent. B.C., Greek painter of the Athenian school, b. Samos. He is credited by Vitruvius with important discoveries in application of shading and perspective and was the first painter of scenery for Athenian tragedies.
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