Historio
HISTORIO
Parrhasius

巴赫西斯

Parrhasius

Parrhasius of Ephesus

Years
Birthplace
Painter
Master of Line-drawing

Biography

Parrhasius of Ephesus (Ancient Greek: Παρράσιος) was a famed painter of Ancient Greece. Active during an era when other painters were starting to depict realistic scenes with shading, Parrhasius stood out by sticking to the older technique of line-drawing, and innovated new ways to portray volume using this method. He created new iconographies that future painters would reproduce for centuries.

Inspiring Quote

"Art lies in the perfection of the line."

—— Pliny the Elder, Natural History

Parrhasius | Historio