Thesis: The Theseus painter (2003)

Title: The Theseus painter. Style, shapes and Iconography
Author: O. E. Borgers
University: University of Amsterdam
Year: 2003
Pages: 330
Type of document: Thesis
Link: http://dare.uva.nl/... (pdf)

From the Introduction:

Thee subject of this monograph is the Attic black-figure vase painter known today as the Theseus Painter who, as we shall see, worked from about 515/510 to 480/475 B.C. First of all, the study aims at giving, as completely as possible, a full description of all the features comprising the painter's stylistic nature: painting, drawing, composition, use of added colour. These categories are, in turn, considered in relation too the potterwork, namely the types of vases the Theseus Painter decorated, the workshops with which they can be associated, and whether he might also have been involved in shaping some or all of them. [...]

Table of Contents (short version):

A. Shapes and Style
I. Vase Shapes and Style of Painting and Drawing
II. Skyphoi
III. Lekythoi
IV. Other Shapes
V. Workshop Connecting
VI. Development and Chronology
VII. Provenances

B. Iconography
VIII. Introduction
IX. Deities
X. Other Mythological Figures and Scenes as well as related Representations
XI. Herakles and Theseus
XII. Ritual, Theater and Everyday Life
XIII. A Closer Look at the Theseus Painter's Iconography