Varrese painter

The Varrese painter was an Apulian vase painter . His works are dated to the middle of the 4th century BC. Dated.

Eleusinian hydria , around 430 BC. Chr.

The Varrese painter got his emergency name from the hypogeum in Canosa , where some of the vases he painted were found. In the meantime almost 200 vases could be assigned to him, he is regarded in research as one of the most important vase painters of his time. He influenced the artists not only in his environment, but also far beyond his own creative time up to the forerunners of the Darius painter . A quarter of the vessels assigned to him, including hydria , nestorids , lutrophores, and a large oinochoe , are of considerable size. The rest of his work consists to a large extent of bell craters and pelicas . The Varrese painter is actually a representative of the “ rich style ”, but the small vases are not infrequently close to the “ simple style ”.

The repertoire of images is characterized by recurring motifs. Four basic motifs have been identified:

• a naked youth who is either standing with one arm covered with a piece of clothing or, alternatively, sitting on a folded cloth;
• a standing female figure, the legs of which are clearly visible under her robe, one set back behind the other;
• a clothed woman who has set one foot high and is leaning over it, one arm rests on her thigh;
• a seated woman with one leg in front of the other.

The figures of the Varrese painter look serious and severe, their mouths are small and pulled down, women often wear a bun tied together with a white ribbon. On his larger vases, especially in Grab naiskoi , he uses plenty of additional colors. The themes of his larger vases mostly come from the mythological area. In his smaller works there are mostly two- or three-figure scenes on both sides, including often depictions of young men in cloaks on the back.

The Wolfenbüttel painter also belonged to his workshop , his influence is not only in the forerunners of the Darius painter but also in the work of the Ginosa painter , the Chiesa painter , the painter from Bari 12061 , the Metopne painter , the painter from Louvre MNB 1148 and the chamay painter recognizable.

literature

• Arthur D. Trendall : Red-figure vases from southern Italy and Sicily. A manual. von Zabern, Mainz 1991 ( Kulturgeschichte der Antiken Welt Volume 47), especially pp. 97 to 101, ISBN 3-8053-1111-7

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