Butades
Butades of Sicyon (Boutades), sometimes mistakenly called Dibutades, was the reputed inventor of the art of modelling clay in relief. An accident first led him to practise, in conjunction with his daughter, at Corinth. The period at which he flourished is unknown, but has been estimated at 600 BC. • Illustration — The Invention of Painting by Louis Ducis • Illustration — The Origin of Painting by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1785 • Illustration — The Corinthian Maid by Joseph Wright of Derby The story, as recorded by Pliny the Elder, is that his daughter was smitten with love for a youth at Corinth where they lived.
Butades
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- Born
- 700.
- Died
- 600.
- Nationality
- Sicyon.
- Occupation
- inventor, ceramicist, potter and coroplast.
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Butades of Sicyon (Boutades), sometimes mistakenly called Dibutades, was the reputed inventor of the art of modelling clay in relief. An accident first led him to practise, in conjunction with his daughter, at Corinth. The period at which he flourished is unknown, but has been estimated at 600 BC. • Illustration — The Invention of Painting by Louis Ducis • Illustration — The Origin of Painting by Jean-Baptiste Regnault, 1785 • Illustration — The Corinthian Maid by Joseph Wright of Derby The story, as recorded by Pliny the Elder, is that his daughter was smitten with love for a youth at Corinth where they lived.
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Butades died at Ancient Greece.
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Butades born at Sicyon.
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- 1.Rosenblum, Robert. The Origin of Painting: A Problem in the Iconography of Romantic Classicism. The Art Bulletin. 39. 4. 279. December 1957. 10.2307/3047729.
- 2.A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology, DABAR, Dia'goras, Dibu'tades. www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- 3.Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, BOOK XXXV. AN ACCOUNT OF PAINTINGS AND COLOURS., CHAP. 12. (6.)—PIGMENTS OTHER THAN THOSE OF A METALLIC ORIGIN. ARTIFICIAL COLOURS. www.perseus.tufts.edu.
- 4.Pliny, Natural History, 35 (b). attalus.org.
- 5.Pliny the Elder. Natural History. www.loebclassics.com.
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