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Author Von Bothmer, Dietrich, 1918-2009.

Title The Amasis Painter and his world : vase-painting in sixth-century B.C. Athens / Dietrich von Bothmer ; with an introduction by Alan L. Boegehold.

Publication Info. Malibu, Calif. : J. Paul Getty Museum ; New York : Thames and Hudson, [1985]
©1985

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Standard Shelving Location  738.0924 B749A    Check Shelf
Description 246 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 27 cm
Summary "The Amasis Painter was one of ancient Greece's greatest vase painters, yet his own name has not been recorded, and he is known today only by the name of the potter whose works he most often decorated. A true individualist in the history of Athenian painting, he produced work distinguished by its delicacy, precision, and wit. When the Amasis Painter began his artistic career around 560 B.C., Attic black-figure vase-painting was already fully established and about to overtake Corinthian pottery in the competition for the Etruscan market. Toward the end of his extraordinarily long career around 515 or even later-the red-figure technique had been invented and was rapidly supplanting black-figure in fashion. By tracing the Amasis Painter's stylistic development from his earliest vases to his latest, this book offers a survey of Attic black-figure technique at the peak of its perfection. The book was prepared to accompany an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Toledo Museum of Art, and the Los Angeles County Museum of Art in 1985-1986. The exhibition is the first ever to be devoted to the work of a single artist from ancient Greece, and twenty-two museums and private collectors have lent the vases on display."--GoogleBooks.
Note Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Sept. 13-Oct. 27, 1985; Toledo Museum of Art, Nov. 24, 1985-Jan. 5, 1986; and Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 20-Apr. 6, 1986.
Bibliography Includes bibliographies.
Subject Amasis, active 6th century B.C. -- Exhibitions.
Vase-painting, Greek -- Greece -- Athens -- Exhibitions.
Added Author Amasis, active 6th century B.C.
J. Paul Getty Museum.
Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Toledo Museum of Art.
Los Angeles County Museum of Art.
ISBN 0892360860 Getty Museum paperback
0500234434 Thames and Hudson hardcover
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