Pinacotheca Philosophica: Unknown Greek Artists

Pinacotheca Philosophica

Philosophy and Philosophers in Art

Unknown Artists

· Greek (?) Artist (12th century?). St. Augustine: Mosaic (Palermo, Capella Palatina)

· Greek Icon Painter (14th century). St. John of Damascus

· Greek Painter (14th century). Gregory the Theologian: Fresco (Mt. Athos, Simonopetra Monastery)

· Greek (Greco-Roman?) Sculptor (1st century A. D. after Lysippus of Sicyon). Socrates (Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o Socrates (side view)

· Greek (Greco-Roman?) Sculptor (1st or 2nd century A. D. after Lysippus of Sicyon). Aristotle (Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

· Greek (Greco-Roman?) Sculptor (2nd century A. D.?). Philosopher (presumably Socrates) (Delphi, Museum)

o Philosopher (detail full face)

o Philosopher (detail side view)

· Greek (Greco-Roman?) Sculptor (2nd century A. D.). Marcus Aurelius Antoninus (c. 161 A. D., Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

· Greek (Greco-Roman?) Sculptor. Epicurean Philosophers’ Double Herm: Epicurus and Metrodorus (Paris, Mus?e du Louvre)

o Epicurus (341-270 B.C.)

o Metrodorus (330-277 B.C.)

· Roman Sculptor (after the Greek original of late 3rd – early 2nd century B. C.). Antisthenes of Athens (London, The British Museum)

· Roman Sculptor (after the Greek original of late 3rd – early 2nd century B. C.). Epicurus (London, The British Museum)

· Roman Sculptor (after the Greek original of the 2nd half of the 4th century B. C.). Herm Depicting Socrates (Rome, The Capitoline Museum)

· Roman Sculptor (after the Greek original dating c. 380-360 B. C.). Socrates (London, The British Museum)