Subdipylon group

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An Attic - Late Geometric group of vase painters who dated to the last third of the 8th century BC is referred to as a subdipylon group . Is dated.

As the emergency name suggests, the Subdipylon Group continues the work of the Dipylon painter and those around him , the Dipylon Group . Their work can be traced through the entire late Geometric period. In the early days of the group, the decoration of the vase body was no longer coherent, but rather broken open. At that time the decoration of the neck was still connected and formed a seemingly closed unit. However, in the course of the workshop's existence, this unity broke apart as it did on the body. A Corinthian influence can be felt in the style of ornamentation, especially on the floating sigmata and horizontal stripes, which were becoming increasingly popular at this time. Since the wide ornamental bands disappeared from the decoration program, there was now space for a second figure frieze. In the Dipylon tradition, the group specialized in large vases, which, however, were no longer as monumental as in earlier times. The picture program also changed at this time. The previously common prosthesis can only be found on neck amphorae and on a hydria . Carriages show only one horse and one wheel. Processions now became common. Only a few of the group's vases have survived. The group includes the Workshop of Athens 894 , the Philadelphia Painter and the Stathatou Painter .

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