Hypobibazon Class
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The Hypobibazon Class was a group of Attic
black-figure vase painters and a type of vase. They belong to the period around 510 BC.
The conventional name Hypobibazon Class is derived from its name vase
, which depicts a warrior mounting a horse. The class consists of belly amphorae in a modernised form with rounded feet and handles. That vase shape was much rarer during the time of the group's activity than in earlier times. Tpyical for the group are maeanders above the pictorial fields. The image field itself usually contains only few figures, which are especially striking because of this. The group favoured non-mythological motifs, e.g. a fisherman (accompanied by a dog only visible as a sketch) or men carrying pottery vessels.
Attica
Attica is a historical region of Greece, containing Athens, the current capital of Greece. The historical region is centered on the Attic peninsula, which projects into the Aegean Sea...
black-figure vase painters and a type of vase. They belong to the period around 510 BC.
The conventional name Hypobibazon Class is derived from its name vase
Name vase
In classical archaeology, a name vase is a specific "vase" whose painter's name is unknown but whose workshop style has been identified. The painter is conventionally named after the selected "name vase" that embodies his characteristic style, or for one of its distinctive painted subjects, or for...
, which depicts a warrior mounting a horse. The class consists of belly amphorae in a modernised form with rounded feet and handles. That vase shape was much rarer during the time of the group's activity than in earlier times. Tpyical for the group are maeanders above the pictorial fields. The image field itself usually contains only few figures, which are especially striking because of this. The group favoured non-mythological motifs, e.g. a fisherman (accompanied by a dog only visible as a sketch) or men carrying pottery vessels.