Hypsis
Hypsis ( Greek Ὕψις ) was a Greek vase painter who worked at the end of the 6th century BC. Chr. In Athens worked. He was a representative of the " pioneer group " of red-figure vase painting .
Two signed hydrates from him have been preserved, which were found in Vulci and are currently in the Staatliche Antikensammlungen in Munich (inv. No. 2423) and in the Museo Torlonia in Rome (inv. No. 73). Both vases are from around 510 BC. BC originated.
The main picture of the Munich Hydria shows three Amazons preparing for battle and identified with inscriptions as Andromache , Antiopea , and Hypopyle , on the shoulder is a rider with a team of four, followed by two naked boys on horses. It bears the signature HUPSIS EGRAPHSEN ( Hypsis painted it ), which is typical of Attic vase painters . On the Roman hydria, two women can be seen fetching water with hydria from a well described by KRENE DIONUSIKA ( Dionysian fountain ), thus referring to the function of the vessel. The vase is designed in the Kalpis shape, which was still rare for this time, in which the body of the vase flows smoothly into the neck, it is only signed with the name Hypsis. Both vases are stylistically influenced by Euthymides and are decorated with rich palmette and meander ornaments around the pictures .
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters , 2nd Edition. Oxford 1963, p. 30.
- Matthias Steinhart : Hypsis . In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , p. 332.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Munich 2423 in the Perseus Project
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hypsis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |