MARSYAS PAINTER


Meaning of MARSYAS PAINTER in English

flourished 0441; 350–325 BC, Greece

Greek painter of the late Classical period, known for two containers, both dated 340–330 BC.

Both are painted in the so-called Kerch style, named for the area north of the Black Sea where many such vessels were excavated. Characterized by slender, mannered forms, elaborate decoration, and polychrome effects, the Kerch style is thought to be the last major style of Attic red-figure pottery .

"Peleus Taming Thetis," pelike by the Marsyas Painter, c. 340–330 BC; in ...

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