Gods and Painters
Philostratus the Elder, Stoic Phantasia and the Strategy of Describing
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9307945 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Karel Thein (0000-0003-0931-3102, Charles University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 136-145 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Ramus (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0048-671X • E-ISSN: 2202-932X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0048671x00001417 |
| OpenAlex | W2262685291 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
I shall comment upon the way the elder Philostratus, author of Imagines , inscribes both the art of painting and his own interpretation of 65 particular paintings within a larger framework, which is composed of nature on the one hand, and the human perception of nature on the other. To get to this framework in a slightly oblique way, I will start with a brief reminder of Philostratus' often neglected classification of the arts. In his Life of Apollonius of Tyana 8.7, Philostratus takes notice of the established opposition between the mechanic and the liberal arts (τέχναι βάναυσοι and τέχναι σοφαί), but then proceeds to further divide the liberal arts into three groups: some are simply σοφαί (poetry, music, astronomy, the art of sophist and orator); others are only seemingly liberal, ψευδόσοφοι (the art of wizards or jugglers); between these two groups are situated the ‘less liberal arts’ or ὑπόσοφοι τέχναι, namely painting, plastic art, sculpture, navigation and agriculture
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| Unique citing works | 2 |
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| Citations per year | 0,15 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2020 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 2 |