Birdseed Painter

Bowl Skyphos of the Birdseed Painter, around 735/20 BC Chr.

The birdseed painter was a provisional names designated Attic - Late Geometric potters and vase painters.

The birdseed painter was the main representative of the birdseed workshop . His vase painting developed from the early workshop of Athens in 894 and can be assigned to the Late Geometric IIa and early Late Geometric IIb . He is possibly the inventor of the figural bowl decoration, which was based on oriental metal bowls. It got its emergency name due to its depiction of birds, which were connected by a chain of dots ("bird food") running on the feet and another between the beak and back of the fore bird. It was around between 735 and 720 BC. Active.

literature

Brigitte Borell : Attic-geometric shells. A late Geometric type of ceramics and their relationship to the Orient , von Zabern, Mainz 1978 ( Keramikforschungen , Vol. 2) ISBN 3-8053-0237-1

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Birdseed Painter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Attic-late Geometric potter and vase painter
DATE OF BIRTH	8th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	8th century BC BC or 7th century BC Chr.