Elbows Out is the name given to an

Attic An attic (sometimes referred to as a ''loft'') is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a ''sky parlor'' or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the ...

black-figure Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( grc, , }), is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BCE, although there are ...

vase painter, active in

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around 550/540 to 520 BC. His conventional name is derived from the strongly exaggerated gestures and odd anatomy of his dancing figures. Together with the

Affecter __NOTOC__ The Affecter (or ''The Affected Painter'') was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens around 550 to 530 BCE.Boardman dates his activity to 540–520 BC. His conventional name (his real name being unknown today, as none o ...

, he is considered one of the Mannerists of the black-figure style. He painted e.g.

lip cup Lip cups are a type of ancient Greek Attic Little-master cups. Lip cups were produced from the middle of the sixth century BC in Athens. They resemble Gordion cups, but their lips or rims were more clearly distinguished from the rest of the body. ...

s (which classifies him as a Little master) and neck amphorae, the latter in a special shape with a heavy ovoid body. His amphorae are decorated with several friezes. His

band cup Band cups are a form of ancient Greek Attic Little-master cups. The lip of a band cup is black and slightly concave. At the joint between vase body and foot, there is often a red ring. The external figural decoration is in the area of the handles ...

s resemble works by

Tleson Tleson (active around 555-535 BC) was an Attic potter and perhaps also a vase painter in the black-figure style. He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and brother of Ergoteles. His workshop apparently produced mostly Little-master cups. ...

and

Lydos Lydos ( Greek: Λυδός, ''the Lydian'') was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style. Active between about 560 and 540 BC, he was the main representative of the '’’Lydos Group’’’. His signature, ό Λυδός, ho Lydos ("the ...

, but are more conventional in terms of the animal motifs. He also painted a ''

lydion The lydion (Greek λύδιον; plural ''lydia'') was an ancient Greek vase shape. The shape may have been of Egyptian derivation. As indicated by its name, the ''lydion'' originated in Lydia Lydia ( Lydian: ‎𐤮𐤱𐤠𐤭𐤣𐤠, '' ...

'', a vase shape very rarely produced by Attic potters. He is often seen as connected with the Affecter, but also with the

Amasis Painter The Amasis Painter (active around 550–510 BC in Athens) was an ancient Greek vase painter who worked in the black-figure technique. He owes his name to the signature of the potter Amasis ("Amasis made me"), who signed twelve works painted by ...

. The link with the latter should not be overestimated. He rarely painted mythological scenes, but had a penchant for erotic motifs, as can be seen in his unusually shaped '' hydria'' at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the shoulder of which shows ten couples engaged in "riotous love-making". A vase by Elbows Out from the Castle Ashby collection, assembled in the 1820s by the 2nd Marquess of Northampton, sold at auction for $233,640 in 1980.

Bibliography

* Beazley, John: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 248-252. * * Fellmann, Berthold: ''Zwei neue Randschalen des Elbows Out Malers'', In: Athenische Mitteilungen 99 (1984) p. 155-160. * Boardman, John: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 73-74. * Isler, Hans Peter: ''Der Töpfer Amasis und der Amasis-Maler. Bemerkungen zur Chronologie und zur Person'', in: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 109 (1994) p. 93-114.

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