Philadelphia Painter (Attica)
Philadelphia painter is the emergency name of a Greek vase painter who lived between 725 and 700 BC. Was active in Attica .
The works of the Philadelphia painter belong to the late Geometric style (SG IIb). He painted loutrophorons that were only used for funeral ceremonies and decorated them with motifs from funeral processions. Several processional trains are shown on a vase, each of which goes around the vessels. He depicts the different trains, for example of hoplites or charioteers, one above the other and separates them from one another with a line. Six vessels are certainly attributed to him.
His painting is in the tradition of Attic-geometric vase painting, but has some special features. On the one hand, three-dimensional images of snakes appear for the first time in his name vase, which were attached to the handles and neck of the vases. On the other hand, there are design elements that look like copies of Corinthian cotyls . Of particular note here are depictions of birds, as they are known from Corinthian cotyls, which were found as grave goods in Attic graves, among other places. The execution of the Philadelphia Painter's figures was influenced by the workshop of Athens in 894 , with greater care being taken in the execution of the weapons. The representation of the chariots is similar to that of the subdipylon group .
The Philadelphia painter is named after his named vase , which is in the possession of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology in Philadelphia .
literature
- John Nicolas Coldstream : Greek geometric pottery. A survey of ten local styles and their chronology . Methuen, London 1968, pp. 57f.
Remarks
- ↑ Inventory number MS 5464.
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| SURNAME | Philadelphia painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek Attic-Late Geometric vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 8th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 8th century BC Chr. |