Painter of Berlin A 34
National Museum, Athens
.The Painter of Berlin A 34 was a
Second World War
.
The artist is considered one of the best representatives of Protoattic vase painting. Following ancient tradition, he executed the faces of his figures as silhouette drawings. Their clothing, as well as decorative
orientalising zigzag patterns and rosettes. On some of his vases, instead of using the conventional silhouette technique, he applied white paint directly onto a black slip base. His ornamentation is uniform and resembles contemporary Corinthian vases
. His activity probably ceased by 620 BC, as no further vases by him are known. Although he is generally considered a pioneer, the breakthrough of the black-figure technique in Athens was probably achieved only by his successors.
The human figures by the Painter of Berlin A 34 are within the pre-black figure (
red-figure style
.
Works
- Berlin, Antikensammlung
- Krater A 34
- Athens, Kerameikos-Museum
- Krater 130; Skyphos-Krater 801
Bibliography
- John D. Beazley: Attic Black-figure Vase-painters. Oxford 1956, p. 1.
- ISBN 3-8053-0233-9, p. 16.
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