93,758 profiles ranked live

Agatharchus

✓ Source-basedfalling

5th-century BC Greek artist

ArtistsLived 500 BC to 460 BC · aged 40
Compare
Fame49.2
MomentumNot measured
Languages23
Peak1840s
In century#1,566

Agatharchus or Agatharch was a self-taught painter from Samos, who lived in the 5th century BC. His father was named Eudemos (Εὔδημος). He is said by Vitruvius to have invented scenic painting, and to have painted a scene for a tragedy which Aeschylus exhibited.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also inDeutsch

Artists born in the 500s BC 6

About this person

Agatharchus or Agatharch was a self-taught painter from Samos, who lived in the 5th century BC. His father was named Eudemos (Εὔδημος). He is said by Vitruvius to have invented scenic painting, and to have painted a scene for a tragedy which Aeschylus exhibited. Hence some writers, such as Karl Woermann, have supposed that he introduced perspective and illusionism into painting.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Category
Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 500 BC to 460 BC · aged 40
Wikipedia
23 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.