The Gorgon Painter - I
The painted images on the dinos’ surface are arranged in five bands. The lower three bands are decorated with real animals as lions, panthers, rams, birds, boar etc., and mythical sirens.
The second band is painted with floral motifs. The images on the dinos’ shoulder describe two different scenes.
On this side the Gorgons are pursuing Perseus after the falling of their sister Medusa killed by the Athenian hero. Athena and Hermes observe the fleeing Perseus.
On the other side there is a fight involving hoplites between chariots.
Attic black-figured dinos
Made in Athens
Attributed to “The Gorgon Painter”
About 580 BC
Paris, Musée du Louvre
The Gorgon Painter - I
The painted images on the dinos’ surface are arranged in five bands. The lower three bands are decorated with real animals as lions, panthers, rams, birds, boar etc., and mythical sirens.
The second band is painted with floral motifs. The images on the dinos’ shoulder describe two different scenes.
On this side the Gorgons are pursuing Perseus after the falling of their sister Medusa killed by the Athenian hero. Athena and Hermes observe the fleeing Perseus.
On the other side there is a fight involving hoplites between chariots.
Attic black-figured dinos
Made in Athens
Attributed to “The Gorgon Painter”
About 580 BC
Paris, Musée du Louvre