Castellani painter (Attic vase painter)
The Castellani Painter is an Attic vase painter of the black-figure style . His creative period is in the second quarter of the 6th century BC. BC.
The Castellani painter is best known for his drawings on Tyrrhenian amphorae , he is considered the most important painter of this type of vase. He is known for the use of a plant frieze above two animal friezes and his humorous depiction of large-headed people and mythical beings. He received his emergency name because his name vase was in the Castellani collection .
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters , Oxford 1956, pp. 94-106.
- John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 41.
- Jeroen Kluiver: The Tyrrhenian Group of Black-figure Vases. From the Athenian Kerameikos to the Tombs of South Etruria , Amsterdam 2003 ISBN 90-72067-10-X
Web links
Commons : Castellani Painter - Collection of Pictures, Videos and Audio Files
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Castellani painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic vase painter of the black-figure style |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC Chr. |