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Apollodorus

500 BC - 460 BC

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Apollodorus Skiagraphos (Greek: Ἀπολλόδωρος ὁ σκιαγράφος) was an influential Ancient Greek painter of the 5th century BC whose work has since been entirely lost. Apollodorus left a technique behind known as skiagraphia, a way to easily produce shadow, that affected the works not only of his contemporaries but also of later generations. This shading technique uses hatched areas to give the illusion of both shadow and volume. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Apollodorus is the 1,049th most popular painter (down from 969th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Greece (down from 475th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Greek Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Apollodorus ranks 1,049 out of 2,023. Before him are George Maciunas, Jacques Blanchard, Timarete, Wolf Huber, Hans von Kulmbach, and Abraham Janssens. After him are Jean Jouvenet, Adriaen van de Venne, Adaviye Efendiyeva, Ernst Fuchs, Francisco Herrera the Younger, and Édouard Detaille.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 500 BC, Apollodorus ranks 62. Before him are Li Kui, Gylippus, Praxilla, Anaxilas, Hecatomnus, and Callicratidas. After him are Metrodorus of Chios, Hyperbolus, Timon of Athens, Peisander, Thrasybulus of Syracuse, and Xanthus. Among people deceased in 460 BC, Apollodorus ranks 17. Before him are Diagoras of Rhodes, Callimachus, Telesilla, Achaemenes, Sophron, and Gylippus. After him are Thrasybulus of Syracuse, Ariobarzanes of Phrygia, and Pharnaces II of Phrygia.

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In Greece

Among people born in Greece, Apollodorus ranks 519 out of 1,024. Before him are Archidamus V (-250), Ablabius (300), Callicratidas (-500), Efstathios Chorafas (1871), Demophon of Athens (null), and Timarete (-420). After him are Christodoulos of Athens (1939), Metrodorus of Chios (-500), George Averoff (1815), Mimis Domazos (1942), Clearchus of Sparta (-401), and Hyperbolus (-500).

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Among PAINTERS In Greece

Among painters born in Greece, Apollodorus ranks 8. Before him are Giorgio de Chirico (1888), Nikolaos Gyzis (1842), Jannis Kounellis (1936), Agatharchus (-500), Achilles Painter (-470), and Timarete (-420). After him are Douris (-600), Euphranor (-301), Pamphilus (-390), Yannis Tsarouchis (1910), Nikiforos Lytras (1832), and Thalia Flora-Karavia (1871).

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