Rhyparography
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| - | *Smith's ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]'' (1842) distinguishes between "rhyparography, pornography and all the lower classes of art." | + | *Smith's ''[[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities]]'' (1842) distinguishes between [[rhyparography]], [[pornography]] and all the lower classes of art." |
| *[[Saintsbury]] in his ''[[History of Nineteenth Century Literature]]'' (1896) uses it of descriptive writing: ''[[The Lousiad]]'' (a perfect triumph of cleverness expended on what the Greeks called rhyparography) | *[[Saintsbury]] in his ''[[History of Nineteenth Century Literature]]'' (1896) uses it of descriptive writing: ''[[The Lousiad]]'' (a perfect triumph of cleverness expended on what the Greeks called rhyparography) | ||
| *[[Rabelais]] used the term in the fifth book of ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]''. | *[[Rabelais]] used the term in the fifth book of ''[[Gargantua and Pantagruel]]''. | ||
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Rhyparography (from rhypos and graphein) is a Greek term first found in the writing of Pliny the Elder referring to Ancient Greek painter Peiraikos.
It has come to denote the painting, or literary description, of mean or sordid things; especially still-life or genre painting.
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- Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities (1842) distinguishes between rhyparography, pornography and all the lower classes of art."
- Saintsbury in his History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1896) uses it of descriptive writing: The Lousiad (a perfect triumph of cleverness expended on what the Greeks called rhyparography)
- Rabelais used the term in the fifth book of Gargantua and Pantagruel.
- Bryson adopts the distinction between 'rhyparography' and ' rhopography' made by Sterling. According to Sterling, 'rhopography' is a term used in the ancient world to describe portrayals of small, unimportant things ('trifles'). 'Rhyparography' is a pejorative term and refers to low, despicable ('sordid') matters.[1]
References
- "Pieter Aertsen, Rhyparographer" by Reindert L. Falkenburg
See also
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