Aristarete
Aristarete or Aristareta (Ancient Greek: Ἀρισταρέτη) was an ancient Greek painter.[1] Little is known about her, including where and when she lived.[2][3]
Although none of her works are known to be extant, Pliny the Elder's Natural History mentions her work depicting Asclepius, the Greek god of medicine.[4] Pliny includes Aristarete in a list of six ancient Greek female artists, among which Timarete, Irene, and Calypso.
Pliny also writes that Aristarete was trained by her father, Nearchos.[5]
Account by Pliny
[edit]The standard Teubner edition of Pliny the Elder's Natural History mentions the painter Aristarete in the following passage from the 147th chapter of its 35th book:[5][4]
Pinxere et mulieres: Timarete, Miconis filia, Dianam, quae in tabula Ephesi est antiquissimae picturae; Irene, Cratini pictoris filia et discipula, puellam, quae est Eleusine, Calypso, senem et praestigiatorem Theodorum, Alcisthenen saltatorem; Aristarete, Nearchi filia et discipula, Aesculapium.
References
[edit]- ^ Kampen, Natalie. “HELLENISTIC ARTISTS: FEMALE.” Archeologia Classica 27, no. 1 (1975): 9–17. http://www.jstor.org/stable/44366491.
- ^ "ARISTARETE in "Enciclopedia dell' Arte Antica"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2019-05-10. Retrieved 2019-05-11.
- ^ Arrigoni, Giampiera. “Quando Le Donne Raccontano i Miti: Penelope, Le Nutrici e Le Pittrici.” Quaderni Urbinati Di Cultura Classica 87, no. 3 (2007): 11–30. http://www.jstor.org/stable/20546434.
- ^ a b Pliny the Elder. . (in Latin) – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b Pliny the Elder. "Book XXXV". Naturalis Historia.
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