Raptor Painter
The Greifelnvogel painter attributed Siana Cup .
The gripping Bird Painter ( English Griffin-Bird Painter ) was an Attic - black-figure vase painters. His works are dated to about the second quarter of the 6th century BC. Dated.
The bird of prey painter was a very productive vase painter, especially comast bowls . However, his pictures are mostly very fleeting and do not show any personal creativity. He mostly showed animal and plant ornaments, in his interior paintings he dispensed with creative border patterns. He got his emergency name from a monster on his name vase , a Komast bowl. This representation is also eponymous for a whole group of undemanding Corinthian bowls.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Black-figure Vase-painters . Oxford 1956
- John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). 4th edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 37.
Web links
Commons : Raptor Painter - Collection of Images, Videos, and Audio Files
Individual evidence
- ↑ British Museum B 383
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raptor Painter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Griffin-Bird Painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Attic black-figure vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC Chr. |