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[German version] Red-figured vase painting was invented most likely by the Andocides Painter around 530 BC in Athens, where it continued to be used until near the end of the fourth century. The technique involved primarily drawing figures in outline on the orange-red Attic clay, then filling in the background with black gloss. Relief lines were employed for the more important contours, diluted gloss for the lesser ones and the drawing of the interior, with red and white used sparingly for other details. During the fifth century BC Attic red-figure was the most important fine-w…

(Ἐπίκτητος; Epíktētos). [German version] [1] Attic red-figured vase painter, c. 520-490 BC…

(Πολύγνωτος; Polýgnōtos). …

[German version] Attic red-figure vase painter, active between 470 and 450 BC. The name comes from the reverse of the calyx crater Paris, LV 341, which depicts Apollo and Artemis slaying the children of Niobe. The significance of the other side of the vessel was long disputed; however it has recently been discovered that the figure of Hercules is standing on a pedestal. It is now likely that this figure represents a statue and that the scene shows the Athenian heroes in the Herakleion of Marathon.…

[German version] Attic red-figure vase painter, named after the former owner of one of his lébētes gamikoí ( lébēs [2]) in Berlin, SM (F 2404). The SP, a productive artist to whom well over 330 vases are ascribed, worked in various workshops. Early in his career (470-460 BC) and in a transitional period (460-455), he was primarily a bowl painter, connected to the workshops of the Brygus Painter, Duris [2] and the Penthesilea Painter. Through most of his middle period (455-440), he decorated red-figured Nolan amphorae, pelikes and lekythoi (Pottery, shapes and types of, figs. A5, A8, E3) in the workshop of the Achilles Painter. At the same time, he continued to pursue the manufacture of wedding pottery. In his late middle period, he turned to the painting of white-ground lekythoi in another workshop, which also remained the focus of his…

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[German version] Attic red-figured and white-ground vase painter, active c. 450-425 BC, named after a red-figured phiale (Boston, MFA 97.371). He painted vessels of very different shapes, but preferred the medium formats, especially Nolan amphorae and lekythoi (Pottery, shapes and types of, fig. A 5 and E 3), like his teacher, the Achilles painter. They worked together in the same workshop along with four important potters and several minor vase painters. More than 200 vases are attributed to the PP. The freely flowing lines of his drawings, which appear sketched and seem…

[German version] Important Attic vase painter named after an Achilles representation on a type B amphora in the Vatican (Inv. no. 16571). The Achilles Painter (AP) was a pupil of the  Berlin Painter and decorated vessels using three techniques (black-figured, red-figured and white-grounded). Lekythoi and Nolan amphorae were his preferred vessel shapes, but numerous other vessels decorated by him have survived. His earliest works are red-figured and were made c. 460 BC. Subject, composition and painting style show clear references to the Berlin Painter. Many of hi…

(Δοῦρις; Doûris) [German version] [1] Poet of epigrams Epigrammatic poet from Elea (in Aeolis); author of a remarkable poem on the flood that destroyed Ephesus c. 300 BC (Anth. Pal. 9,424, cf. Steph. Byz. 289,3-16), in all probability from the ‘Garland’ of Meleager. The city was rebuilt shortly afterwards by Lysimachos, who renamed it Arsinoeia after his wife: this happened before 289/8 (cf. Syll.3 368, 24), after the epigram had been written. …

[German version] Very productive painter of Attic red-figured vases who got his name from a magnificent type A amphora in Berlin (SM, Inv. no. F 2160). Primarily a pot painter, he decorated a wide range of shapes, including several rare ones. Slim, elegant figures whose harmonious contours blend in with the shape of the vase, characterize his drawing style, as does also the ba…

[German version] [1] Att. red-figure vase painter, approx. 475-450 BC Attic red-figure vase painter whose signature is to be fo…

[German version] The M. are a large group of 15 or more attic red-figure vase-painters whose affected style retains aspects of the Archaic. Active from c. 480 BC until near the end of the century, they favoured decorating …

[German version] Attic red-figured and white-ground vase-painter, so named by J. D. Beazley after the location where a large, red-figured twisted-handled amphora with a depiction of Apollo is preserved: the Rhode Island School of Design (15.005). A pupil of the Berlin Painter, he worked primarily on red-figured Nolan amphorae and lekythoi (Pottery, shapes and types of, figs. A 5 and E 3); he also …

[English version] Att.-rf. Vasenmaler, zw. 470/460 und 450/440 v.Chr. tätig; war auf die Bemalung von Skyphoi (Skyphos; Gefäßformen Abb. D.) spezialisiert: Mit Ausnahme eines Kantharos von der Athener Agora handelt es sich bei allen anderen ca. 45 von ihm bekannten Vasen um Gefäße dieser Form, wobei die meisten im Typus A, aber auch einige im korinth. Typ gehalten sind. Viele der Bilder zeigen selten dargestellte Theme…

[English version] Attischer rf. Vasenmaler, tätig zw. 470 und 450 v.Chr. Den Namen erhielt er von der Rs. des Kelchkraters Paris, LV 341, die Apollon und Artemis bei der Tötung der Kinder der Niobe zeigt. Die Deutung der anderen Gefäßseite war lange umstritten, aber die neuere Entdeckung, daß die dort abgebildete Gestalt des Herakles auf einer Basis steht, macht wahrscheinlich, daß diese Figur eine Statue und die Szene die athenischen Heroen im H…

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[English version] Attischer rf. und wgr. Vasenmaler, tätig ca. 450-425 v.Chr.; seinen Namen erhielt er von einer rf. Phiale (Boston, MFA 97.371). Er bemalte Gefäße sehr unterschiedlicher Form, bevorzugte aber die mittleren Formate, bes. Nolanische Amphoren und Lekythen (Gefäßformen, Abb. A 5 und E 3), wie auch sein Lehrer, der Achilleus-Maler. Sie arbeiteten gemeinsam in der gleichen Werkstatt im Verein mit vier bedeutenden Töpfern und mehreren geringeren Vasenmalern. Über 200 Vasen werden dem Ph.-M. zugeschrieben. Die rasch hingeworfenen, skizzierend frei fließenden…

[English version] [1] Epigrammatiker Epigrammdichter aus Elea (in der Aiolis), Verf. eines bemerkenswerten Gedichtes über die Überschwemmung, die um 300 v.Chr. Ephesos zerstörte (Anth. Pal. 9,424, vgl. Steph. Byz. 289,3-16), das aller Wahrscheinlichkeit nach aus dem “Kranz” des Meleagros stammt. Die Stadt wurde wenig später von Lysimachos wieder aufgebaut, der sie nach dem Namen seiner Frau in Arsinoeia umbenannte: dies geschah vor 289/8 (vgl. Syll.3 368, 24), nach der Abfassung des Epigramms. Degani, Enzo (Bologna) Bibliography GA I,1, 97; 2, 280f. [English version] [2] att.-…

[English version] Bedeutender att. Vasenmaler, benannt nach einer Achilleus-Darstellung auf ein…