Polion
Polion ( ancient Greek Πόλιον ) was an Attic red-figure vase painter who lived around 420 BC. Was active in Athens .
His name is known from the signatures with which he provided some of his works. In addition to the signed works, some works can be clearly assigned to him due to stylistic features. Polion painted a wide range of different vessel shapes, with craters , oinochoa, and abdominal lycotts apparently preferred.
On larger vases, his works are either similar to those of Polygnotos , who depicted scenes from Greek mythology with large figures taking up the entire belly of the vase, or they are influenced by the style of early classical wall painting, by showing a scene through images on different levels becomes. Frequently occurring motifs are sports and music scenes, which can be found especially in the smaller works and usually have a reference to Greek cults such as the Panathenaia . The smaller works are similar to those of Aison , the Shuvalov painter and the Eretria painter , with whom he worked together in a workshop.
Even if Polion painted some interesting vases, its importance is considered to be of minor importance, since only the insignificant Heirmarmene painter succeeded him.
Detail from the volute crater in the Metropolitan Museum of Art
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters . 2nd edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1963, p. 1172.
- Enrico Paribeni : Polion . In: Ranuccio Bianchi Bandinelli (ed.): Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale , Volume 6. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1965.
- John D. Beazley: Paralipomena: Additions to Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters and to Attic Red-Figure Vase-Painters 2nd edition, Clarendon Press, Oxford 1971, p. 459.
- John H. Oakley : Polion. In: Rainer Vollkommer (Hrsg.): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , pp. 704f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Polion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Πόλιον |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th century BC BC or 4th century BC Chr. |