Nessos Painter
The Nessus - painter, often called Netto - painter, was a pioneer of Attic black-figure vase painting. He is considered the first Athenian vase painter of the newly acquired Corinthian style, which developed its own profile and introduce innovations in style. He was 620-600 BC active.
" Nessus - painter " is a Notname. It is derived from an eponymous vase, the Nessus amphora, from. On the neck of the amphora, which is now in the Athens National Museum, presented the painter Nessus in the battle against Heracles dar. Labeled is the figure with Neto. John D. Beazley, the basic research of Attic vase painting, then gave him the name in the full Attic dialect Nettos painter. Other researchers prefer the Koine version of Nessus painter. He was later identified as known to the Chimeira Painter ( Chimavera Painter ) Painter of animal motifs from the same period due to new finds in Athens and a rural cemetery. Beazley then gave him the name Chimeira and Netto - painter, who, however, did not prevail.
His early works recall especially in the use of Protocorinthian filling ornaments resembling the Painter of Berlin A 34 But in his Namenvase he placed the ornamental band that still reproductions itself which at the time still set the tone Corinthians in outline drawing, in the new black- painting again. Over time, he also took over the articulated by carvings decorating rosettes by the Corinthians. Thus one can assume that he worked in the last quarter of the seventh century BC, during the period of transition from Protocorinthian to frühkorinthischen style. Although he did not forego entirely on the traditional outline drawings, but by the introduction of two or even three scoring lines, he introduced a new detail. Massive body through these carvings - loosened up - such as hair, feathers or scales. This was not least because of the large size of its image support - for example, a Skyphos crater with a height of 1.10 meters - even necessary.
The Nessus painter considered as the representative, who managed to combine the classical Attic vase painting and the new Corinthian style. His motives are often animals or mythological figures and scenes. He rarely used white body color, but like red very much. Maybe that has = female and male red = to do with the übernommenem from Egyptian art labeling of white. Until the end of the black-figure style white face paint for marking female faces was used.