Amasis Master

Olp work of the painter Amasis. The Louvre .

Amasis is a conditional name of the ancient Greek vase painter who worked in the style of black-figure vase painting in 550-510. BC e. in Athens . The real name of the vase painter was not preserved; he received his conditional name by the name of the potter Amasis , whose works were appropriately signed by the artist.

About 90 vazopisnyh works belong to the work of the vase painter Amasis. In the early works, Amasis followed the old traditions of the image: the depicted bodies of people are elongated, they have disproportionately small heads and angular movements. Unlike his predecessors, Amasis managed to breathe life into images. He softened the existing forms of images and enriched them with new compositions. The images of people over time began to be more complete and radiate vital energy. Most likely, such changes in the work of the vase-painter were introduced by 540 BC. e. red-figure style of vase painting , possessing unprecedented artistic possibilities. Amasis tried to transfer them to his black-figure work. Unlike younger colleagues, such as Andokid , whom Amasis seems to have focused on, he remained faithful to the black-figure vase painting.