The Gorgon Painter

1. The Gorgon Painter Jack Johnson

2. The Gorgon Painter was one of the first Attic black-vase painters. • His name is based on a vase he painter “dinos” now in the Louvre depicting Perseus being chased by the Gorgons after killing Medusa. • The Gorgon Painter is considered as the very productive successor of the Nessos Painter. The Gorgon Painter

3. The Dinos vase is a typical Greek vase used as a mixing bowl for wine. • Dinos translates to “mixing bowl” • Typically this vase has a large spherical body meant to sit on a stand. • It typically has no handles or feet. Dinos Vase

4. Lip Shoulder Body No apparent neck or handles. But unlike a typical dinos vase it has a large foot perhaps it was for decoration instead of practical use. Foot

5. C600-580BC • Part of the Campana Collection, 1861. • Found in Etruria, Northern Italy • Now resides in Louvre, Paris • Attic black figure dinos • Majority of the friezes covered with animals. • Was the first representative of the animal frieze style in Athens, more of a Corinthian style • He arranged his demonic animals in symmetric patterns. • Characteristic of his paintings are lions with box-shaped snouts and manes painted as hatchings or red flames. • He rarely painted humans where he did, they are always accompanied by animals or animal friezes. Perseus Fleeing the Gorgons

8. Depicts two winged Gorgons chasing Perseus after he killed their sister Medusa. • Typical Vase Gorgons – winged maidens with serpent haired head, broad face, staring eyes and wide toothed mouth with protruding tongue Main Frieze

9. “Shows how diligently Attic vase painters were studying Corinthian models…” • “New stylistic features” compared to late 7th Century Attic amphora • “No longer dominated by a few large figures…” • “…surface has been divided into narrow friezes…” • “Grandeur has been replaced by neatness” • “Divided into 5 zones” • “Though some of the earlier exuberance has had to be sacrificed, the new discipline has brought its own rewards” What Woodford says…