Cycladic vase painting

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Pitcher with a spout in the shape of a griffin; around 675/650 BC Chr .; today in the British Museum .

The Cycladic vase painting was a regional style of Greek vase painting .

Apollon amphora , "Melische splendor amphora " from around 650/600 BC In the National Archaeological Museum of Athens .

The geometric vase painting of the Cyclades was shaped by Attic influences, especially in its early and middle phase . In the later phase, workshops can be identified on Naxos , Thera , Paros and Melos , all of which developed their own styles in terms of material, vessel shapes and ornamental decoration. The Subgeometric Style then persisted for a long time, and it took a certain time for the Orientalizing Style to establish itself. After he did, however, floral and other ornaments became popular. We experimented with polychrome effects, superimposed red and white, and to a limited extent with figurative images (animals and people). Influences came more from the work in Attica and Eastern Greece than from the actual center of the orientalizing style, Corinth . In the early 7th century BC Several groups of craftsmen worked on the Cyclades, which are considered to be very innovative. They are the Ad Group , the Linear Island Group, and the Heraldic Group . It is unclear where exactly they had their production center; Paros Naxos and other, smaller islands are under discussion. Later, the so-called " Melische style " emerged, which, contrary to what the name suggests, was probably based on Paros. A Corinthian influence was noticeable here. Daring ornaments and figures that took up the entire body of the vase were characteristic. The workshop is best known for its wide, tall grave amphorae , which were painted with polychrome, mythical scenes (so-called Melische amphorae ). In the black-figure technique there are alabastrons on Andros , but they are rare.

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