Python (potter)

Bowl made of python, painted by duris with pederastic scenes; today Paris, Louvre G 121.

Python ( Greek Πύθων ) was an Attic potter in the early 5th century BC. Chr.

Four signed bowls are currently known from Python . His works are characterized by compact forms. One of the bowls was also signed by the vase painter Epiktetos , the other three by Duris . It can be assumed that there was a similarly close working relationship between Duris and Python as between the approximately simultaneous masters of the late Archaic and early Classical periods , Hieron and Makron . Based on stylistic comparisons, Hansjörg Bloesch and John D. Beazley assigned almost 40 other bowls painted by Duris to Python as a potter. The dating of the works was based on the stylistic-chronological classification of the duris.

literature

Hansjörg Bloesch : Forms of Attic bowls from Exekias to the end of the strict style . Benteli, Bern 1940, pp. 96-102.
John Boardman : Red-Figure Vases from Athens. The archaic time (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 4). 4th edition. Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1994, ISBN 3-8053-0234-7 , pp. 66, 69, 152, 227.
Thomas Mannack in Greek Vase Painting. An introduction . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-8062-1743-2 , pp. 142-143.
Thomas Mannack: Python (I). In: Rainer Vollkommer (editor): Künstlerlexikon der Antike . Over 3800 artists from three millennia. Nikol, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-937872-53-7 , pp. 776-777.

Web links

Commons : Python - collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	python
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Πύθων (ancient Greek name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	ancient Greco-Attic potter
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	5th century BC Chr.