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Painter of Acropolis 606
( fl c. 575–c. 550 BC). Greek vase painter. The artist is named after a large Attic Black-figure dinos (see GREECE, ANCIENT, fig. 98), and six other vases or fragments are attributed to him. Like his contemporaries NEARCHOS and LYDOS he painted large vases in the monumental tradition of the NETTOS PAINTER. His name piece has large, boldly arranged figures, while the Corinthianizing animal friezes favoured by his miniaturist predecessors are relegated to subsidiary zones. Its vivid battle scene captures the moment of greatest suspense, with chariots clashing fiercely over the body of a fallen warrior. Muscular fighters with twisted moustaches and bright clothing and armour aim their spears at each other, while trim charioteers lean intently forward to control their rearing horses. The corpse sprawls in a grotesque pose, with one twisted arm at its side, the other wrapped round its neck, ending in a raised claw like hand. The figure rivals some of Homer’s evocations of the horrors of war and anticipates some of Picasso’s.
Part of the Vase painters family
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