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THE CORINTHIAN FIGURE STYLE
Figure-painting after the Middle of the Sixth Century
The first important group centres in the fragment A.D. i, pi. 7,25 (Jahrbuch
1896, 289 fig. 22; Pfuhl fig. 180; Schaal, Bilderhefte hi,fig. 21 right; the last
from a photograph). Rumpf has already pointed out that the rendering of the
folds which fall from the 'chest' of Poseidon1 correspond with those of early
red-figured vases, works of Oltos, the Menon painter, &c. There can be no
doubt that this indication is correct, for the drawing of the profiles shows
a very distinct advance on that of red-ground vases, and on that of the
pinakes which are contemporary with these.2 For the combination of tongues
and chevrons on the moulding above the picture, one may compare the late
pyxis fig. 176.
There is a small group of pinakes which evidently belongs to about the same
period, but is probably a little earlier: A.D. i, pi. 7, 28 (photograph, Schaal
op. cit. fig. 29 left); pi. 8, 6 (Pfuhl figs. 184, 5); ii pi. 24, 9 (Jahrbuch 1897, 30)
pi. 39, 12 (Festschrift fur Benndorf, 75). The first of these is certainly a
little earlier than the pinax just discussed, but it is already removed from the
style of the red-ground vases (contrast A.D. i, pi. 7, 24). The second is
obviously closely related (compare the head of the bearded man), and the
torso of the bearded man clearly reflects the same stage of development that
we find in Attica in the works of Exekias.3 The third and fourth, which
appear to be by the same hand, are obviously contemporary with this frag-
ment. A fragment with very primitive folds (A.D. ii, pi. 23, 16; Rumpf
p. 148) should also belong to this period, but the drawing is so childish that
it is difficult to make a definite suggestion as to date.
The two very fine pinakes A.D. ii, pl.24,2 and pi.30,18 (Jahrbuch 1897,12)
which are, no doubt, works of the same artist, have already been compared
with the Lyseas stele (p. 98, note 1). The absence of folds in the drapery
is very remarkable, but that, as we have seen, is part of the Corinthian
tradition; and such conservatism is not difficult to understand in religious
pictures of this kind. The drawing of the draped male torso is unques-
tionably in advance of anything that we find on the vases, and even without
the comparison of the stele, would indicate a late date for these pinakes.
They may, of course, be a little earlier than the stele, but they certainly
belong to the late sixth century.4
1 Chalk. Vas. 148/9. He also gives the right
explanation of the curious chest contours of Poseidon
and Amphitrite—namely that the artist has put the
heads on the wrong bodies!
2 Note the very much less angular line from the
forehead to the chin. Amphitrite's face is under-
painted black in the Attic technique.
3 Compare the London and Vatican amphorae
(reverses), where the stomach muscles are similarly
indicated. There is nothing like this even on
developed red-ground vases.
4 Note again that the profiles are very much less
angular and archaic than those of the red-ground
vases. Other fragments of similar style: A.D. pi. 29,
22, and pi. 30, 12. The fragment pi. 24, 24 is pro-
bably also late.
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THE CORINTHIAN FIGURE STYLE
Figure-painting after the Middle of the Sixth Century
The first important group centres in the fragment A.D. i, pi. 7,25 (Jahrbuch
1896, 289 fig. 22; Pfuhl fig. 180; Schaal, Bilderhefte hi,fig. 21 right; the last
from a photograph). Rumpf has already pointed out that the rendering of the
folds which fall from the 'chest' of Poseidon1 correspond with those of early
red-figured vases, works of Oltos, the Menon painter, &c. There can be no
doubt that this indication is correct, for the drawing of the profiles shows
a very distinct advance on that of red-ground vases, and on that of the
pinakes which are contemporary with these.2 For the combination of tongues
and chevrons on the moulding above the picture, one may compare the late
pyxis fig. 176.
There is a small group of pinakes which evidently belongs to about the same
period, but is probably a little earlier: A.D. i, pi. 7, 28 (photograph, Schaal
op. cit. fig. 29 left); pi. 8, 6 (Pfuhl figs. 184, 5); ii pi. 24, 9 (Jahrbuch 1897, 30)
pi. 39, 12 (Festschrift fur Benndorf, 75). The first of these is certainly a
little earlier than the pinax just discussed, but it is already removed from the
style of the red-ground vases (contrast A.D. i, pi. 7, 24). The second is
obviously closely related (compare the head of the bearded man), and the
torso of the bearded man clearly reflects the same stage of development that
we find in Attica in the works of Exekias.3 The third and fourth, which
appear to be by the same hand, are obviously contemporary with this frag-
ment. A fragment with very primitive folds (A.D. ii, pi. 23, 16; Rumpf
p. 148) should also belong to this period, but the drawing is so childish that
it is difficult to make a definite suggestion as to date.
The two very fine pinakes A.D. ii, pl.24,2 and pi.30,18 (Jahrbuch 1897,12)
which are, no doubt, works of the same artist, have already been compared
with the Lyseas stele (p. 98, note 1). The absence of folds in the drapery
is very remarkable, but that, as we have seen, is part of the Corinthian
tradition; and such conservatism is not difficult to understand in religious
pictures of this kind. The drawing of the draped male torso is unques-
tionably in advance of anything that we find on the vases, and even without
the comparison of the stele, would indicate a late date for these pinakes.
They may, of course, be a little earlier than the stele, but they certainly
belong to the late sixth century.4
1 Chalk. Vas. 148/9. He also gives the right
explanation of the curious chest contours of Poseidon
and Amphitrite—namely that the artist has put the
heads on the wrong bodies!
2 Note the very much less angular line from the
forehead to the chin. Amphitrite's face is under-
painted black in the Attic technique.
3 Compare the London and Vatican amphorae
(reverses), where the stomach muscles are similarly
indicated. There is nothing like this even on
developed red-ground vases.
4 Note again that the profiles are very much less
angular and archaic than those of the red-ground
vases. Other fragments of similar style: A.D. pi. 29,
22, and pi. 30, 12. The fragment pi. 24, 24 is pro-
bably also late.
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