( fl c. 720–c. 700 BC). Greek vase painter. An inventive and influential artist active in Athens, he worked at the close of the Late Geometric style (c. 760–c. 700 BC); his silhouette figure drawing follows the tradition of the DIPYLON MASTER (see below) but in a more cursive and relaxed manner. His name piece, the slim neck-handled amphora in Athens (see GREECE, ANCIENT, fig. 86), represents the leading figured shape of the day, of which over 30 examples come from his workshop; the attached terracotta serpents indicate their funerary purpose. The neck panel on these vessels often portrays a condensed prothesis (laying out) scene, in which female mourners are distinguished by long hair and latticed skirts. Main body zones often bear chariot processions showing more sense of movement than do those of the Dipylon Master, and files of foot-soldiers carrying round shields with blazons. Subsidiary zones may contain animal friezes with grazing deer or hounds chasing a hare or, less frequently, bulls, centaurs or prowling lions of Near Eastern inspiration. Geometric ornament here plays only a subordinate part.

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