Biographical Works on Artists in Greek and Roman Times

In: Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Lettere e Filosofia, ser. 5, 13/1-2 (2021)

Publisher: Pisa: Edizioni della Normale

The OltrePlinio project has promoted the publication of a series of papers dedicated to the biographical works on artists in ancient times. The papers were first presented during a dedicated conference, organized by the OltrePlinio project and the Jacoby Continuatus project in 2019. They were submitted to the journal Annali della Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Classe di Lettere e Filosofia and peer-reviewed, according to the rules of the journal.


List of contributions:

Vol. 13/1:

Vol. 13/2:

  • Francesco Ginelli, Appunti (e spunti) di scrittura biografica nel De Architectura di Vitruvio.
  • Gertjan Verhasselt, The Fragments of Polemon’s Work Against Adaeus and Antigonus.
Keywords: ancient Greek artists, artist’ biographies, art treatises, biography, Greek literature, ancient greek art