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92:, carrying out the principles laid down in a treatise written by Agatharchus, wrote on the same subject, showing how, in drawing, the lines ought to be made to correspond, according to a natural proportion, to the figure which would be traced out on an imaginary intervening plane by a pencil of rays proceeding from the eye, as a fixed point of sight, to the several points of the object viewed. 214: 437: 126:
at greater length tell an anecdote of Alcibiades having inveigled Agatharchus to his house and kept him there for more than three months in strict durance, compelling him to paint it. The speech of Andocides above referred to seems to have been delivered after the destruction of
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It was probably not till towards the end of Aeschylus's career that scenic painting was introduced, and not till the time of Sophocles that it was generally made use of, which may account for what Aristotle says.
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Agatharchus was therefore the first painter known to have used graphical perspective on a large scale, although rare occurrences of perspective do appear in
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around the middle of the 6th century BC. He is also said to have led the way for later painters, such as
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685: 118:, and was often singled out for the ease and rapidity with which he finished his works. 49:, who lived in the 5th century BC. His father was named Eudemos (Εὔδημος). He is said by 373: 162: 705: 746: 441: 225: 220: 66: 20: 337: 560: 600: 725: 695: 690: 630: 565: 550: 515: 111: 89: 85: 710: 675: 610: 530: 525: 520: 505: 248: 195: 184: 123: 81: 62: 50: 720: 660: 615: 459: 415: 399: 119: 440: This article incorporates text from a publication now in the 670: 645: 620: 535: 238:. Vol. 1 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 370. 147:
Up through the 19th century, some scholars considered him to have been
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Arafat, Karim W. (1996). "Agatharchus". In Hornblower, Simon (ed.).
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Index

Agatharchides
Agatharchus of Syracuse
Ancient Greek
Samos
Vitruvius
scenic painting
Aeschylus
Karl Woermann
perspective
illusionism
Aristotle
Democritus
Anaxagoras
vase painting
Apollodorus
Alcibiades
Zeuxis
Plutarch
Andocides
Melos
Athenian
The Theatre of the Greeks
280
Suda, alpha, 109
Vitruvius
public domain
Chisholm, Hugh
Agatharchus
Encyclopædia Britannica
Aristotle

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