Madrid Painter
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The Madrid Painter was an Attic
black-figure vase painter active during the late period of the style, around 520 BC.
He was active during the time when the red-figure style was in the process of gradually replacing black-figure as the dominant technique. Hios works ore noticeably influenced by the new developments, but tend to follow the older traditions. Thus, he does paint anatomical detail and uses new postures influenced by the new style. Thus, he depicts a shield using perspective foreshortening or one leg in a frontal, the other in a side view, on a figure of the dying Kyknos. But the same vase shows features the outmoded animal frieze predella
along with such new elements.. His conventional name is derived from a vase held by the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España
in Madrid
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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 painter active during the late period of the style, around 520 BC.
He was active during the time when the red-figure style was in the process of gradually replacing black-figure as the dominant technique. Hios works ore noticeably influenced by the new developments, but tend to follow the older traditions. Thus, he does paint anatomical detail and uses new postures influenced by the new style. Thus, he depicts a shield using perspective foreshortening or one leg in a frontal, the other in a side view, on a figure of the dying Kyknos. But the same vase shows features the outmoded animal frieze predella
Predella
A predella is the platform or step on which an altar stands . In painting, the predella is the painting or sculpture along the frame at the bottom of an altarpiece...
along with such new elements.. His conventional name is derived from a vase held by the Museo Arqueológico Nacional de España
National Archaeological Museum of Spain
The National Archaeological Museum of Spain is a museum in Madrid, Spain, located beside the Plaza de Colón , sharing its building with the National Library....
in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
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