Nikosthenes

Nikosthenes
Amazonomachy. Side A from an Attic black-figure Nikosthenic amphora, ca. 520–510 BC, located in Paris, Louvre, F 111.
Born
Nikosthenes

Before 550 BC
Possibly Chalkis
DiedAround 510 BC
Athens
NationalityAthenian
Known forPottery workshop, vase painting
Notable workMainly low-quality kylixes, amphorae and others manufactured in the Etruscan style for the Etruscan market, 133 signed.
MovementMainly the black-figure style, some later in the red-figure style
Nikosthenes' signature (Nikosthenes epoiesen) on the neck of a black-figure Nikosthenic amphora, c. 530–520 BC, located in the Louvre
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Nikosthenes was a potter of Greek black- and red-figure pottery in the time window 550–510 BC.[1] He signed as the potter on over 120 black-figure vases, but only nine red-figure. Most of his vases were painted by someone else, called Painter N (for Nikosthenes). Beazley considers the painting "slovenly and dissolute;" that is, not of high quality.[2] In addition, he is thought to have worked with the painters Anakles, Oltos, Lydos and Epiktetos. Six's technique is believed to have been invented in Nikosthenes' workshop, possibly by Nikosthenes himself,[3] around 530 BC. He is considered transitional between black-figure and red-figure pottery.[4]

  1. ^ Clark, Andrew J; Maya Elston; Mary Louise Hart; J. Paul Getty Museum (2001). "Nikosthenes". Understanding Greek vases: a guide to terms, styles, and techniques. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum. p. 52.
  2. ^ Beazley, J D (1986). The development of Attic black-figure. Sather classical lectures, v. 24. Berkeley: University of California Press.
  3. ^ Tsingarida, Athena (2008), "Color for a Market? Special Techniques and Distribution Patterns in Late Archaic and Early Classical Greece", in Lapatin, Kenneth (ed.), Papers on Special Techniques in Athenian Vases, Los Angeles: Getty Publications, pp. 192–193
  4. ^ "The Transitional Designers of Classical Greece". The Diagonal. 1 (10): 193. 1910.