Form and color in Greek painting

Contents

Shading methods in Greek painting -- Zeuxis and Parrhasios: a controversy on art -- Symptoms of a painterly style: monochrome in the art of Zeuxis -- Greek color sensitivity -- The four color palate of the Creeks -- Pliny versus Cicero, an apparent contradiction -- Austere and florid colors -- The exclusion of blue from the ancient list of artists' primary colors -- The use of blue in shading -- Color blending in Plato's Timaeus -- Conclusions: the dichotomy of form and color -- Appendix: The supports and media of classical painting.