%0 Generic
%A Zöllner, Frank
%C Berlin
%D 2018
%E Lehmann, Claudia
%E Gramaccini, Norberto
%E Rößler, Johannes
%E Dittelbach, Thomas
%F artdok:9397
%P 91-104
%R 10.11588/artdok.00009397
%T Sandro Botticelli als Apelles und als Grisaillemaler. Petronius' "Monocremos" als Inspiration für die Selbstreferentialität der Malerei?
%U https://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/artdok/9397/
%X The article deals with Sandro Botticelli's achievements as a painter of grisaille or monochrome paintings and in particular with his "Calumny of Apelles". I suggest that this painting was inspired by a misreading of Petronius's "Satyricon" ("monocmenos" misread as "monochromos" in manuscripts and early printed editions) and that Botticelli saw himself as a new Apelles. He seems to have believed that Apelles became famous as a painter of monochrome painting. His painting "Calumny of Apelles" is inspired by his believe.