Tydeus painter
The Tydeus Painter was a provisional names designated ancient Greek vase painter who works in its Corinthian - black-style decorated. He worked during the late Corinthian phase of the style (around 575-550 BC), his works are believed to be around the year 560 BC. Dated.
The Tydeus painter was one of the most important and at the same time the last important vase painters of the late phase of the black-figure style in Corinth . He mainly painted amphorae , craters , lekythe and oinochoen . The painter's most important works can be found on red-ground neck amphoras , including a picture of the killing of the naked Ismene on the vase of names . On a second amphora in Paris he shows the fight between Theseus and the Minotaur . Otherwise he does not show any representations from mythology , he prefers combat depictions of riders and comasts , as well as animals and mythical creatures. Characteristic for his work are the rich use of opaque red and opaque white as well as the numerous name inscriptions. The distinction to stylistically related painters has not yet been completely successful.
literature
- Thomas Mannack : Greek vase painting. An introduction . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 103 ISBN 3-8062-1743-2 .
- Matthias Steinhart : Tydeus painter. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 12/1, Metzler, Stuttgart 2002, ISBN 3-476-01482-7 , column 939 f.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tydeus painter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Greek vase painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 7th century BC BC or 6th century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 6th century BC BC or 5th century BC Chr. |