The Castellani Painter was an
Attic
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vase painter of the
black-figure style active in the second quarter of the sixth century BC.
The Castellani Painter is especially well known for his drawings on
Tyrrhenian amphorae, of which he is considered the most significant painter. His work is distinguished by the use of a vegetal frieze above to animal friezes, as well as by his humorous depictions of large-headed humans and mythical creatures. His conventional name is derived from his
name vase, once held in the Castellani Collection.
See also
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List of Greek vase painters
The following is a list of ancient Greek vase painters who have been identified either by name or by style. Because of the research of academics like John Davidson Beazley, Arthur Dale Trendall, Robert Manuel Cook, Darrell A. Amyx and Conrad ...
Bibliography
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John Beazley
Sir John Davidson Beazley (; 13 September 1885 – 6 May 1970) was a British classical archaeologist and art historian, known for his classification of Attic vases by artistic style. He was professor of classical archaeology and art at the U ...
: ''Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters'', Oxford 1956, p. 94-106.
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John Boardman: ''Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch'', Mainz 1977, , p. 41.
* Jeroen Kluiver: ''The Tyrrhenian Group of Black-figure Vases. From the Athenian Kerameikos to the Tombs of South Etruria'', Amsterdam 2003
External links
Vases by the Castellani Painter in Perseus
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Anonymous artists of antiquity
Ancient Greek vase painters
6th-century BC painters