Polygnotus

American  

[pol-ig-noh-tuhs] / ˌpɒl ɪgˈnoʊ təs /

noun

1. fl. c450 b.c., Greek painter.

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Polygnotus British  

/ ˌpɒlɪɡˈnəʊtəs /

noun

1. 5th century _bc , Greek painter: associated with Cimon in rebuilding Athens

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Example Sentences

The technique of these vases may reflect the methods of the painter Polygnotus and his contemporaries, who used a 720 limited number of colours on a white ground.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various

But—as I am always learning more distinctly from Polygnotus and Homer—we have in reality to conceive hell as existing here; thus it may be considered to be also a life.

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 03 Masterpieces of German Literature Translated into English. in Twenty Volumes by Francke, Kuno

Lucian pictures her delicately chiselled beauty and grace of form by recalling the finest traits in the great masterpieces of Pheidias and Praxiteles and Calamis, of Euphranor and Polygnotus and Apelles; Panthea combines them all.

From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel

The most important works of Polygnotus were the wall paintings for the Assembly Room of the Knidians at Delphi.

From A Text-Book of the History of Painting by Van Dyke, John Charles

Any one can see their kinship to painting, and their subjects recur in some of the great frescoes painted by Polygnotus, Micon and others for the Athenians.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various