Cimon of Cleonae
Illustration — Cimon at the fresco in the Hermitage (19th century) Cimon of Cleonae was an early painter of ancient Greece. He was said to have introduced great improvements in drawing. He represented figures, according to Pliny (XXXV, 56), "out of the straight", and he developed ways of representing faces looking back, up, or down; he also made the joints of the body clear, emphasized veins, worked out folds and doublings in garments (according to Pliny).
Also recorded as Kimon of Kleonai
Cimon of Cleonae
Johann Georg Hiltensperger · https: crop from File:History of Ancient painting in Hermitage - 10 (X).jpg by user:Netelo · Public domain
- Born
- 550 · Corinth.
- Died
- 500
- Occupation
- painter
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Illustration — Cimon at the fresco in the Hermitage (19th century) Cimon of Cleonae was an early painter of ancient Greece. He was said to have introduced great improvements in drawing. He represented figures, according to Pliny (XXXV, 56), "out of the straight", and he developed ways of representing faces looking back, up, or down; he also made the joints of the body clear, emphasized veins, worked out folds and doublings in garments (according to Pliny).
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Born at Corinth in 550, died in 500.
Cimon of Cleonae (550–500) was a painter.
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