EUTHYMIDES


Meaning of EUTHYMIDES in English

flourished 0441; 515–500 BC, Athens, Greece

Greek vase painter.

He was a contemporary of Euphronius . His signature has been found on eight extant vases, six that he signed as a painter and two as a potter. A proponent of red-figure pottery , he was noted for his mastery of foreshortening and studies in movement. The amphora now in Munich's Antiquities Museum showing foreshortened figures in three-quarter view is an outstanding example of his draftsmanship.

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