In Athens in the period from about 540 to 520 B.C., the artist known as the Affecter worked as both a potter and vase-painter. The Affecter may have learned his trade from the Amasis Painter, one of the leading artists of the preceding generation, but he quickly diverged from the conventional path in both his potting and painting. The Affecter's potting was technically excellent. Most of his survi
