Kerameikos painter

Olpe; upper zone: winged youth ( Aristaios ) between lions, lower zone: sirens, panthers and lotus flowers; around 600 BC Chr .; National Archaeological Museum of Athens

The Kerameikos Painter ( Cerameicus Painter ) was one of the first Attic black-figure vase painters. He was sometime around the year 600 BC. Active.

The Kerameikos Painter is temporally placed between the Nessos Painter and the Gorgo Painter , although chronologically he seems somewhat closer to the Gorgo Painter. He is less productive than the Gorgon Painter and painted in a simpler but more fluid style. He got his emergency name from his name vase , which was found on the Athenian Kerameikos . It is about an Olpe , which can be considered exemplary for the vase painting of the time. The animal friezes that divide the vase into several individual areas are of particular importance. A single mythological figure in the upper area is flanked by two lions, which were particularly popular at the time.

literature

John D. Beazley : Attic Black-figure Vase-painters . Oxford 1956, pp. 18-20.
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. 18.

Web links

Commons : Cerameicus Painter - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Kerameikos painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Greek vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	7th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	6th century BC Chr.