The first painter in polychrome was Panaenos, who also introduced portraiture, but must still be regarded as a draughtsman only; and, finally, Polygnotos, by such innovations as giving expression to faces, and rendering transparent draperies, gave the first real advance to the art. So far Pliny on the beginnings of Greek painting; but its further developments, and more particularly the relation of Polygnotos to the fifth-century vase-paintings, must be more fully dealt with in a succeeding section.
[1192]. E.g. B 130 in B.M.
[1193]. B.M. B 426.
[1194]. E.g. B 193–205 in B.M.
[1195]. Excavations in Cyprus, p. 76, fig. 139.
[1196]. As the Birth of Athena, B.M. Vases, ii. p. 11, and Fig. [113] (Chapter XII.).
[1197]. Herakles and the Nemean Lion, ibid. p. 13; Fig. [125] (Chapter XIV.) and Plate [XXXII].
[1198]. Herakles and the Erymanthian Boar: see Fig. [126] (Chapter XIV.).