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Masters, pupils and multiple images in Greek red-figure vase painting

Hoyt, Sue Allen
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150472109

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2006, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, History of Art.
This dissertation examines whether Attic vase-painters who decorated different vases with similar uncommon scenes might have worked together. The study begins with the historiography of vase-painting scholarship and its methodology. It justifies connoisseurship as a feasible methodology for the study of vase painting,then develops a nomenclature for different kinds of replicated paintings. Previous research used stylistic similarity as a way of determining relationships among painters. Rather than comparing styles of painting, I examined the technical details of the paintings on pairs and small groups of similar images produced by many different artists. I compared the preliminary sketches (under-drawings) on the pots to the pictures that were painted over them. I found that the sketches varied according to the painter, as did the kinds of tools used to produce them. Although their painting styles were different, vases by the Marsyas Painter and the Painter of Athens 1472, which shared a rare version of the scene of Peleus capturing Thetis, had sketch lines that appear to have been drawn by the same painter. The Painter of Athens 1472 also decorated several other vases with scenes that copy pictures by the Marsyas Painter. Two of these shared scenes are also very rare in vase-painting. Others are more common, but repeat many figures or groups from the from the other painter's work. I posit that the two worked together, and that the Painter of Athens 1472 was a subordinate – a pupil or apprentice – of the Marsyas Painter, who learned his craft at least in part by painting over sketches drawn by the Marsyas Painter. The study concludes with suggestions for further research, including a short list of “copies” by other painters that could be compared to determine possible associations among their painters.
Mark Fullerton (Advisor)
225 p.
Greek vase painting; connoisseurship; workshops; Marsyas Painter; Painter of Athens 1472; copies; vase painting technique

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  • Hoyt, S. A. (2006). Masters, pupils and multiple images in Greek red-figure vase painting [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150472109

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Hoyt, Sue. Masters, pupils and multiple images in Greek red-figure vase painting. 2006. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150472109.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Hoyt, Sue. "Masters, pupils and multiple images in Greek red-figure vase painting." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2006. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1150472109

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