The Lamp of Anaxagoras (Plu., Per. 16.8-9) and its Reception in the Art of the 17th-19th centuries

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14195/0258-655X_14_4

Keywords:

Plutarch, Life of Pericles, Anecdotes, Pericles and Anaxagoras, The lamp of Anaxagoras, Plutarch’s influence in European Art

Abstract

In this article I follow the trails wich the famous anecdote of Anaxagoras, Pericles and the lamp (Plu., Per. 16.8-9) has let in European art of the last centuries. I will comment the details of different artistic pieces from the17th century emblematic and from Neoclassical painting and sculpture of the 18th and 19th Centuries, as well as some 19th French ‘pendules’, to put in value the importance that this anecdote has had in European art, due to its didactic strength and to its litterary plasticity.

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Published

2017-10-30

Issue

Vol. 14 (2017): Ploutarchos

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Articles

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