Nessos painter
The Nessos Painter , often called Nettos Painter , was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting . He is regarded as the first Athenian vase painter of the newly made Corinth acquired style , who introduced developed its own profile and innovations in style. It was between 620 and 600 BC. Active.
“Nessos painter” is an emergency name . It is derived from a vase that gives it its name , the Nessos amphora . On the neck of the amphora , which is now in the Athens National Museum, the painter depicted Nessos fighting against Heracles . The figure is inscribed with Netos . John D. Beazley , the basic researcher of Attic vase painting, then gave him the name in the full Attic dialect form Nettos painter . Other researchers prefer the Koine version of Nessos Painter . He was later identified, based on new finds in Athens and a rural cemetery, with the animal motif painter known as the Chimeira Painter ( Chimavera Painter ) of the same period. Beazley then gave him the name Chimeira and Nettos painter , which, however, could not prevail.
His early works are strongly reminiscent of those of the painter from Berlin A 34 , especially in the use of the proto-Corinthian filling ornaments . But for his name vase he put the ornament ribbon , which even the Corinthians, who were still dominant at the time, still reproduced in outline drawings, in the new black-figure painting style. In the course of time he also took over the carved rosettes from the Corinthians. One can therefore assume that he was active in the last quarter of the seventh century BC , during the transition from the Proto-Corinthian to the Early Corinthian style. Although he did not completely dispense with the traditional outline drawings, he introduced a new level of detail by introducing two or even three incised lines. Solid bodies are loosened up by these incisions - for example in curls, feathers or scales. This was necessary not least because of the large dimensions of its image carriers - for example a Skyphos crater with a height of 1.10 meters.
The Nessos painter is considered to be the representative who succeeded in combining classical Attic vase painting and the new Corinthian style. His motifs are often animals or mythological figures and scenes. He rarely uses white body color, but likes red very much. This may have something to do with the designation of white = female and red = male, which was adopted from Egyptian art. Until the end of the black-figure style, white face paint was used to mark female faces.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Black-figure Vase-painters . Oxford 1956, pp. 4-6.
- 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 , pp. 16-18.
- L. Palaiokrassa: A New Vessel of the Nessus Painter In: Athenische Mitteilungen 109, 1994, pp. 1-10.
- C. Papadopoulou-Kanellopoulou: Ιερό της Νύμφης. Μελανόμορφες λουτροφόροι , Athens 1997.
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| SURNAME | Nessos painter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Nettos Painter; Chimeira Painter; Chimeira and Nettos Painter; Chimaveira painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |