Meidias Painter

The Meidias - painter is a painter of the Attic red-figure - style. He worked in the last quarter of the 5th century BC

The Meidias Painter got his Notnamen after a hydria, which was created by pottery Meidias. On his Namenvase and other hydriai he uses all the surrounding space, the offer him these vessels to tell in two superimposed friezes two stories. When Namenvase from the British Museum (inventory number E 224 ), he shows in the upper frieze, like the Dioscuri rob Leukippiden, in the lower frieze Herakles in the garden of the Hesperides. The Meidias painters are less than a dozen vases attributed without doubt, but it does have some pieces that are referred to in the research as to the type of Meidias Painter. For this purpose, assign the painter with high security also other pieces. His area includes more painters such as Aristophanes and Aeson, whose works are sometimes attributed to the Meidias - painter, and the painter of the Paris of Karlsruhe and the painter of the wedding of Athens.

The figures of the Meidias painter often have a dance, are usually carefully compiled and avoid the impression of arbitrary arrangement like many other " crowd scenes " on red-figure vases. His drawing style is reminiscent of that of the Eretria Painter. This also means that models of classical sculpture are rezipiert. But the images of Meidias Painter have a different mood, are less powerful and serene. Sometimes certain poses look theatrical. His drawings have a high quality, especially the ornamental bands that serve as Fries subdivision, are very precise.