Antiphon Painter
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The Antiphon painter was an anthenian vase painter of the early 5th century BCE. He owes his name to a double Kalos inscription of Antiphon on the dinos stand in that Antique collection Berlin (Inventory number F 2325). He was active between 500 and 475 v. Chr. in Athens as a painter of the red figure style in the largest workshop of the 5th Century. He learned his handicraft in the workshop of the Euphronios and Onesimos. There he worked closely with them, the Kalmarer painter and other painters.
There are about 100 drinking containers of his (primarily Kylikes) known to us. They depict almost exclusively with the life of the aristocratic youth of Athens. They are shown as athletes, in Symposia, as Komasten, with their horses or in arms. Representations of women - in particular Hetarei - are rare, as are mythological topics. When he depicts mythological subjects, then usually they are the heroic acts of Herakles or Theseus. One of his bowls possibly refers to those Battle of Marathon (Orvieto, Collection Faina).
A special speciality of the painter were red figure Eye bowls. The antiphon painter was the last artist who created such.
| Pottery of ancient Greece | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wine Shapes | Krater • Kylix • Oinochoe • Skyphos • Psykter • Kyathos • Rhyton • Kantharos | |
| Perfume Shapes and Wedding Shapes | Lebes Gamikos • Loutrophoros • Epinetron • Alabastron • Aryballos • Lekythos | |
| Funerary Shapes and Cultic Shapes | Lekythos • Loutrophoros • Phiale | |
| Storage Shapes | Amphora • Hydria • Lebes • Pithos • Stamnos • Pyxis | |
| Techniques | Red-figure • Black-figure • Bilingual pottery • Six's technique • White ground | |
| Painters | List of Greek Vase Painters• Amasis Painter • Exekias • Pioneer Group • Douris | |
| Special Topics in Greek Pottery | Typology • Kalos inscription • Symposium • Kerameikon • Corpus vasorum antiquorum • John Beazley • Panathenaic Amphorae | |
