The Eyebrow Painter

This is a repost promoting content originally published elsewhere. See more things Dan's reposted.

There are a whole bunch of things that could be the source for the name, e.g. where we found most of their work (The Dipylon Master) or the potter with whom they worked (the Amasis Painter), a favourite theme (The Athena Painter), the Museum that ended up with the most famous thing they did (The Berlin Painter) or a notable aspect of their style. Like, say, The Eyebrow Painter.

Guess what kind of pottery the Eyebrow Painter made?

Collage of three Hellenic plates decorated with fish. The fish all have strange-looking eyebrows!

AristotelianComplacency

Just excellent.

A frowning fish, painted onto a plate, surely makes for the best funerary offering.

×

Reactions

No time to comment? Send an emoji with just one click!

0 comments

    Reply here

    Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

    Reply on your own site

    Reply elsewhere

    You can reply to this post on Mastodon (@blog@danq.me).

    Reply by email

    I'd love to hear what you think. Send an email to b23962@danq.me; be sure to let me know if you're happy for your comment to appear on the Web!