Elbows Out
Elbows Outis the name given to anAtticblack-figurevase painter, active inAthensaround 550/540 to 520 BC.[1] His conventional name is derived from the strongly exaggerated gestures and odd anatomy of his dancing figures. Together with theAffecter,he is considered one of the Mannerists of the black-figure style. He painted e.g.lip cups(which classifies him as aLittle master) andneck amphorae,the latter in a special shape with a heavy ovoid body. His amphorae are decorated with several friezes. Hisband cupsresemble works byTlesonandLydos,but are more conventional in terms of the animal motifs. He also painted alydion,a vase shape very rarely produced by Attic potters. He is often seen as connected with the Affecter, but also with theAmasis Painter.The link with the latter should not be overestimated.
He rarely painted mythological scenes, but had a penchant forerotic motifs,as can be seen in his unusually shapedhydriaat the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the shoulder of which shows ten couples engaged in "riotous love-making".
A vase by Elbows Out from the Castle Ashby collection, assembled in the 1820s by the2nd Marquess of Northampton,sold at auction for $233,640 in 1980.[2]
Bibliography[edit]
- Beazley, John:Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters,Oxford 1956, p. 248-252.
- von Bothmer, Dietrich (1969). "Elbows Out".Revue Archéologique(1): 3–15.JSTOR41755529.
- Fellmann, Berthold:Zwei neue Randschalen des Elbows Out Malers,In: Athenische Mitteilungen 99 (1984) p. 155-160.
- Boardman, John:Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch,Mainz 1977,ISBN3-8053-0233-9,p. 73-74.
- Isler, Hans Peter:Der Töpfer Amasis und der Amasis-Maler. Bemerkungen zur Chronologie und zur Person,in: Jahrbuch des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts 109 (1994) p. 93-114.
References[edit]
- ^Boardman dates him between 550 and 530 BC.
- ^Reif, Rita (6 October 1985)."ANTIQUES; LYRIC WORLD OF AN ANCIENT PAINTER".The New York Times.
External links[edit]
- University of OxfordClassical Art Research Centre Pottery Search
- Hydria by Elbows Outat the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Works attributed to Elbow Outat the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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