Pisticci Painter
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The Pisticci Painter was a vase painter who lived in the second half of the 5th century BC. Many of his artistic works were discovered in Pisticci, a small town a few kilometers from Metaponto, Lucania, Italy.
Ceramics of typically Attic taste began to be produced in the colonies of Magna Graecia toward the end of the 5th century BC. It is thought that the founders of those workshops were vase painters trained and educated in Attica. The political instability of the time in Athens very likely determined the migrations of those painters to the Magna Graecia colonies. Since the work of the Pisticci Painter can be related on the basis of stylistic characteristics to the school of Polygnotus, it may be supposed that he trained in Athens with that artist.
The Pisticci Painter is considered the father of the Lucanian workshop, which is the oldest of the
The Pisticci Painter's depictions show an exquisitely Attic taste in both the choice of themes and the techniques employed. The scenes he most commonly painted are pursuit scenes (
).The works of this artist are included in the most prestigious collections of the world (the
References
- ^ Hurschmann, "Lukanische Vasen", in: DNP 7 (1999), col. 491
External links
Media related to Pisticci Painter at Wikimedia Commons
- Terracotta bell-krater at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Pitcher at the Getty Museum
- Pelike sold by Christies