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The Antimenes Painter was an Attic vase painter of the The Getty Museum – Biography of the Antimenes Painter
''The Antimenes Painter decorated vases in the black-figure technique in Athens from about 530 to 510 B.C. Working in a period when many artists were switching to the new red-figure technique, the Antimenes Painter was one of the most prolific black-figure artists of his time. Over 140 of his vases survive, mostly amphorae and hydriai. He decorated his vases with a wide range of mythological and genre scenes but seems to have favored two themes: the hero Herakles and fountain-house scenes. As with most ancient artists, the true name of the Antimenes Painter is unknown; he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. Scholars named him after a kalos inscription praising the youth Antimenes on a vase now in the Rijksmuseum in Leiden.'' the majority are ''hydriai'' and standard amphorae. Most works attributed to him were found in Etruria. He is considered to have been connected with the workshop of Andokides. He depicted the current repertoire of his period: the adventures of
The Getty Museum – Biography of the Antimenes Painter
*Johannes Burow. ''Der Antimenesmaler''. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1989 (Forschungen zur antiken Keramik. Reihe 2, Kerameus. Bd. 7).
The Antimenes Painter was an Attic vase painter of the 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 ...
, active between circa 530 and 510 BC.
The real name of the Antimenes Painter is not known; his current name is an archaeological convention, derived from the Kalos inscription
A ''kalos'' inscription (''καλός'') is a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BC. The word ''kalos'' (καλός) means "beautiful", and in the inscriptions it ...
on a ''hydria
The hydria ( el, ὑδρία; plural hydriai) is a form of Greek pottery from between the late Geometric period (7th century BC) and the Hellenistic period (3rd century BC). The etymology of the word hydria was first noted when it was stamped o ...
'' in the archaeological museum of Leyden. Of the 150 works ascribed to him,''The Antimenes Painter decorated vases in the black-figure technique in Athens from about 530 to 510 B.C. Working in a period when many artists were switching to the new red-figure technique, the Antimenes Painter was one of the most prolific black-figure artists of his time. Over 140 of his vases survive, mostly amphorae and hydriai. He decorated his vases with a wide range of mythological and genre scenes but seems to have favored two themes: the hero Herakles and fountain-house scenes. As with most ancient artists, the true name of the Antimenes Painter is unknown; he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. Scholars named him after a kalos inscription praising the youth Antimenes on a vase now in the Rijksmuseum in Leiden.'' the majority are ''hydriai'' and standard amphorae. Most works attributed to him were found in Etruria. He is considered to have been connected with the workshop of Andokides. He depicted the current repertoire of his period: the adventures of
Herakles
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, Dionysos
In ancient Greek religion and myth, Dionysus (; grc, Διόνυσος ) is the god of the grape-harvest, winemaking, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, festivity, and theatre. The Romans ...
and his companions, and chariot scenes. He varies the themes, his compositions are described as organised. His distinctive motifs are rather idyllic, often including smaller figurines subsidiary to the main narrative. Examples are a well scene on the aforementioned Leyden ''hydria'' and a depiction of the olive harvest on an amphora in the British Museum
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at London
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.
His drawing style resembles that of Psiax
Psiax was an Attic vase painter of the transitional period between the black-figure and red-figure styles. His works date to ''circa'' 525 to 505 BC and comprise about 60 surviving vases, two of which bear his signature. Initially he was allocat ...
; influences by the early red-figure style are also apparent. Nonetheless, he continued to use the black-figure technique, which maintained many followers. It is hard to distinguish him and associated painters from the Antimenes Painter. Some examples of his later works are striking in the fine and expressive quality of the drawing.
See also
*List of Greek vase painters
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Bibliography
* John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 119f. * Johannes Burow: ''Der Antimenesmaler'', von Zabern, Mainz 1990 (Forschungen zur antiken Keramik Reihe II: Kerameus. Band 7)The Getty Museum – Biography of the Antimenes Painter
*Johannes Burow. ''Der Antimenesmaler''. Mainz: Philipp von Zabern, 1989 (Forschungen zur antiken Keramik. Reihe 2, Kerameus. Bd. 7).
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* {{Authority control 6th-century BC deaths Ancient Greek vase painters Anonymous artists of antiquity Year of birth unknown