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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 55. Chapters: Euphronios, Hermonax, Kleophon Painter, Exekias, List of Greek vase painters, Brygos Painter, Douris, Berlin Painter, Kleophrades Painter, Darius Painter, Meidias Painter, Penthesilea Painter, Amasis Painter, Oltos, Andokides Painter, Reed Painter, Providence Painter, Wedding Painter, Foundry Painter, Sisyphus Painter, Achilles Painter, Varrese Painter, Dinos Painter, Analatos Painter, Euthymides, Nessos Painter, Ilioupersis Painter, Polyphemos Painter, Shuvalov Painter, Triptolemos Painter, Marsyas Painter, Epiktetos, Smikros, Onesimos, Jena Painter, Eretria Painter, Baltimore Painter, Tarporley Painter, Affecter, Antimenes Painter, Pistoxenos Painter, Oreithyia painter, Meleager Painter, Asteas, Kleitias, Makron, Psiax, Aristophanes, Pioneer Group, Harrow Painter, Aison, Pan Painter, Phiale Painter, Phintias, Antiphon Painter, Apollodoros, Naucratis Painter, Lydos, YZ Group, Polygnotos, Mesogeia Painter, Acheloos Painter, Athena Painter, Honolulu Painter, Dipylon Master, Niobid Painter, Siren Painter, Sophilos, Tithonos Painter, Persephone Painter, Tarquinia Painter. Excerpt: Euphronios (circa 535 - after 470 BC) was an ancient Greek vase painter and potter, active in Athens in the late 6th and early 5th centuries BC. As part of the so-called "Pioneer Group," ( a modern name given to a group of vase painters who influenced the change in vase painting for the better). Euphronios was one of the most important artists of the red-figure technique. His works place him at the transition from Late Archaic to Early Classical art. In contrast to other artists, such as sculptors, no Ancient Greek literature sources refer specifically to vase painters. The copious literary tradition on the arts hardly mention pottery. Thus reconstruction of Euphronios's life and artistic development-like that of all Greek vase...
