Little Masters (Greek vase painting)
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The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters in the Attic
black-figure style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens
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They mainly produced Little-master cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes.
The group includes:
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 style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens
Athens
Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...
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They mainly produced Little-master cups, but were not entirely limited to such shapes.
The group includes:
- Potters
- Anakles
- Antidoros
- Archeneides
- Archikles
- Charitaios
- Chiron
- Epitimos
- Ergoteles
- Eucheiros
- Gageos
- Glaukytes
- HermogenesHermogenes (potter)Hermogenes was an Attic potter. He was active in Athens in the mid-6th century BC and belongs to the group known as the Little masters.Hermogenes mainly produced cups . Well-known are his Band cupss with depictions of women's heads on the band. The Hermogenic skyphos, a specific type of skyphos...
- Hischylos
- Kaulos
- Kolchos
- Kritomenes
- Myspios
- Neandros
- Phrynos
- Priapos
- Sokles
- Sondros
- Taleides
- Teisias
- Telesias
- Thrax
- Thypheitides
- Tlempolemos
- TlesonTlesonVase painters etcTleson was an Attic potter and perhaps also a vase painter in the black-figure style.He was the son of the famous potter Nearchos and brother of Ergoteles.His workshop apparently produced mostly Little-master cups...
- Xenokles
- Botkin Class
- Vase painters
- Painter of Agora P 1241
- Ano Achaïia Painter
- Karithaios Painter
- Centauren Painter
- Neandros Painter
- Oakeshott Painter
- Painter of the Palermo Gorgoneion
- Phrynos PainterPhrynos PainterThe Phrynos Painter was an Attic black-figure vase painter, active in Athens between circa 560 and 545 BC.Since his real name is unknown, he was allocated the conventional name Phrynos Painter after the potter Phrynos, as he had painted three cups signed by the latter:*Boston, Museum of Fine Arts...
- Sakonides
- Sokles Painter
- Taleides PainterTaleides PainterThe Taleides Painter was an Attic vase painter of the black-figure style, active in the second half of thr 6th century BC. His conventional name is derived from the fact that he cooperated closely with the potter Taleides, many of whose vases he painted...
- Tleson Painter
- Painter of Vatican G 62
- Xenokles PainterXenokles PainterThe Xenokles Painter was an Attic vase painter in the black-figure style, active around the middle of the 6th century BC.His real name is unknown. His conventional name is based on the fact that he often painted vases made by the potter Xenokles, with whom he may be identical. In artistic terms, he...
- Charon Group
- Golvol Group
- Group of Louvre F 81
- Group of Rhodes 12264Group of Rhodes 12264The Group of Rhodes 12264 is a Group of Attic black-figure vase painters, active in Athens around the middle of the 6th century BC. They belong to the so called Little masters. The Group is named after the Droop cup inv. 12264 in the Archaeological Museum of Rhodes...
- Group of Toronto 289
- Group of Vatican G 61
- Group of Villa Giulia 3559