#berlin painter

[bronzeageecho]

krater decorated with ganymede | c. 500 - 490 BCE | berlin painter, athenian. found in central italy.

in the louvre collection

[lionofchaeronea]

The god Dionysos, holding a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) in his right hand and a grapevine in his left. Side A of an Attic red-figure amphora attributed to the Berlin Painter and dated between 490 and 480 BCE. Found at Vulci; now in the Louvre.

[renabooksandart]

There are many depictions of the iconic fight about Troja in artworks though history. One of the best in my opinion is a unique vase of the Berlin painter (505 to 460 BC) you can find in the British Museum today. It was painted in the early classical Attic red-figure style (the one we automatically associate with greek vase paintings today). He depicted the epic climax of the Trojan War, the battle between Achilles and Hector. Both heroes are supported by their patrons, Athena and Apollo.

I tried to use every element you can find on this vase and include it in my fore-edge painting. So, this fore-edge painting is my attempt to change my favourite vase into book form.

Whenever I read the Iliad (honestly, it's so good!!! You have to give it a try and just open it at any page and read it out loud) I just love the thought, that humans have read the same words as I do for thousands of years.

[didoofcarthage]

Red-figure amphora with Nike holding a kithara, attributed to the Berlin Painter

Greek (from Attica), Classical Period, 490-460 B.C.

terracotta

Saint Louis Art Museum

[romegreeceart]

Achilles killing Amazonian queen Penthesilea

* Berlin painter

* early 5th century BCE

* Attica

* Museum of University of Tübingen

source: ArchaiOptix, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons

[s-c-r-ee-ch]

Apollo riding a winged tripod (detail)

Red-figure hydria

490 BC

Attributed to the Berlin Painter

The god Apollo rides a winged tripod across the sea. He plays a lyre, and has a bow and quiver slung from his shoulder. Dolphins leap in the sea below him. The tripod might represent the orb of the sun.

[favoritismo]

Zoom series 01, Oil on canvas, 80x60cm. Berlin 2019.

[hildegard-von-bingen]

The image above is from a Greek red-figure cup (c.500-480 BC) that is attributed to the Berlin Painter.  It shows a satyr playing the aulos, with Dionysus holding a drinking cup on the right.  Dionysus was the Greek god of fertility and wine, and the aulos was used in worshipping him.