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The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters who produced vases of the Attic
The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters who produced vases of the Attic black-figure style
Black-figure pottery painting, also known as the black-figure style or black-figure ceramic ( grc, , }), is one of the styles of Ancient Greek vase painting, painting on pottery of ancient Greece, antique Greek vases. It was especially common bet ...
featuring well-done figures in miniature. They were active in Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
approximately 560–530 BC. They mainly produced Little-master cups
Little-master cups are a type of Attic black-figure cups, produced around the middle and third quarter of the sixth century BC. Their name is based on their fine small-format decoration.
Little-master cups are later in origin than Siana cups, bu ...
: 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, 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, and droop cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes. The group includes:
Potters
* Anakles * Antidoros * Archeneides * Archikles * Charitaios *Chiron
In Greek mythology, Chiron ( ; also Cheiron or Kheiron; ) was held to be the superlative centaur amongst his brethren since he was called the "wisest and justest of all the centaurs".
Biography
Chiron was notable throughout Greek mythology ...
* Epitimos
*Ergoteles
Ergoteles ( grc, Ἐργοτέλης) or Ergotelis, was a native of Knossos and Olympic runner in the Ancient Olympic Games.
Civil disorder (ancient Greek: Stasis) had compelled him to leave Crete. He came to Sicily and was naturalized as a citiz ...
* Eucheiros
* Gageos
* Glaukytes
* Hermogenes
* Hischylos
* Kaulos
* Kolchos
* Kritomenes
* Myspios
* Neandros
* Phrynos
* Priapos
* Sokles
* Sondros
* Taleides
* Teisias
* Telesias
* Thrax
* Thypheitides
* Tlempolemos
*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. ...
* Xenokles
* Botkin Class
Vase painters
* Painter of Agora P 1241 * Ano Achaïia Painter * Karithaios Painter * Centauren Painter * Neandros Painter * Oakeshott Painter * Painter of the Palermo Gorgoneion *Phrynos Painter
The Phrynos Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens between c. 560 and 545 BC.
He was allocated the conventional name "Phrynos Painter" after the potter Phrynos, as he had painted three cups signed by the latter:
*Bo ...
* Sakonides
* Sokles Painter
*Taleides Painter
The Taleides Painter was an Attic vase painter of the black-figure style, active in the second half of the 6th century BC. His conventional name is derived from his close cooperation with the potter Taleides, many of whose vases he painted. He ...
*Tleson Painter
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. M ...
* Painter of Vatican G 62
*Xenokles Painter The Xenokles Painter was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style, active around the middle of the 6th century BC.
His real name is unknown. His conventional name is based on the fact that he often painted vases made by the potter Xenokles ...
Groups
* Charon Group * Golvol Group * Group of Louvre F 81 * Group of Rhodes 12264 * Group of Toronto 289 * Group of Vatican G 61 * Group of Villa Giulia 3559Notes
Further reading
*John Beazley
Sir John Davidson Beazley, (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was Professor of Classical Archaeology and Art at the Un ...
: ''Little-master Cups'', in: Journal of Hellenic Studies 52 (1932) pp. 167–204.
* John Beazley: ''Attic Black-figure Vase-Painting'', Oxford 1956, pp. 159–197.
* Dieter Metzler: ''Eine attische Kleinmeisterschale mit Töpferszenen in Karlsruhe'', in: Archäologischer Anzeiger (1969) pp. 138–152.
*John D. Beazley: ''Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters'', Oxford 1971, pp. 67–80.
* Joan Tarlow Haldenstein: ''Little master cups. Studies in 6th century Attic black-figure vase painting'', Dissertation University of Cincinnati 1975.
* Rudolf Wachter: ''Drinking inscriptions on Attic little-master cups. A catalogue (AVI 3)'', in: Kadmos 42 (2003) pp. 141–189.
* Peter Heesen: ''Drinking inscriptions on Attic little-master cups. Does size matter? A contribution to the AVI Project'', in: Museum Helveticum 63 (2006) pp. 44–62.
Ancient Greek potters
Ancient Greek vase painters
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