Paestan vase painting

The Paestanische vase painting was a regional style of the red-figure vase painting - unteritalisch. She was the youngest of the five southern Italian regional styles. Together with the Lukan and Sicilian vase painting she made a closer stylistic Community.

The Paestanische vase painting was the last South Italian style. Although Paestum is one of Lucania, the style is more influenced by the Campanian as of the Lucan work and is therefore regarded as independent. The paestanische vases tradition was founded around the year 360 BC by the Sicilian immigrants. The clay used is brownish - orange and strong glimmerhaltig.

The first workshop was led by Asteas and Python. There are the only two whose names are known by inscriptions vase painter of southern Italy. It mainly bell krater, neck amphorae, hydria, Lebetes Gamikoi, Lekaniden, lekythoi and pitchers were painted, rarely found use Peliken, sepals and Volutenkratere. Particularly characteristic embellishments such as page palmettes, one as " Asteas Blossom" designated tendril with calyx and umbel, battlements patterns on the robes and curly, scale and hanging over the back hair. Also typical are figures that bend over and be based on plants or rocks. Additional colors are often used, especially white, gold, black, purple and different shades of red.

The themes presented are often located in the Dionysian area: Thiasos and symposium scenes, satyrs and maenads, Papposilenen and Phlyakenszenen. Also numerous other mythical motifs are represented, especially Herakles, the Judgement of Paris, Orestes, Electra, among the gods Aphrodite and cupids, Apollo, Athena and Hermes. Nevertheless, mythological scenes are comparatively rare. There are, in paestanischen painting rarely everyday images, but representations of animals. Grave scenes are relatively rare shown naiskos representations do not occur. Asteas and Python influenced the vase painting of the city sustainable. This is the work of their successors, such as the well immigrated from Apulia Aphrodite Painter, recognizable. He led a Oinochoe with a high neck in the form of a repertoire, was succeeded by the Boston Orestes Painter. To 330 BC a second workshop, the first was based on the work of the first was born. But there were quality and design wealth of works on fast. At the same time, the influence of the Campanian Caivano Painter is recognizable. Linear garment outlines and featureless female figures were the result. Towards the end of paestanischen figuratively painted ceramic artisans imitated the Apulian vases. Around 300 BC came the paestanische vase painting to a halt.