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Democritus

    Full Name: Democritus

    Gender: male

    Date Born: c. 460 B.C.E.

    Date Died: 370 B.C.E.

    Home Country/ies: Greece (ancient)

    Subject Area(s): ancient, architecture (object genre), Classical, sculpture (visual works), and statues

    Career(s): art historians


    Overview

    Writer whose work, based upon extent fragments, ascribed creative works of art to artists, countering the prevalent view that statues, temples and other works of art were the results of the gods. Democritus further classified and ranked individual artworks, beginning from primitive to complex.



    Sources

    Kultermann, Udo. The History of Art History. New York: Abaris, 1993, p. 1.




    Citation

    "Democritus." Dictionary of Art Historians (website). https://arthistorians.info/democritus/.


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