Asteas
Painter
5 works on LinkedCulture
Asteas was the most important of the vase-painters working at Paestum in South Italy. The principal artist of a large workshop, he may have invented the free-standing half-palmettes, used to frame an image, that became characteristic of Paestan vase-painting. Asteas decorated hydriai and kraters, as well as some smaller vases, in the red-figure technique. Asteas was one of only two South Italian v
Works
View as IIIF ↗Paestan Red-Figure Calyx Krater
Getty Museum · about 340 B.C.
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Paestan Red-Figure Neck Amphora
Getty Museum · about 340 B.C.
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Paestan Squat Lekythos
Getty Museum · 350–340 B.C.
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Paestan Stemless Cup
Getty Museum · about 350 B.C.
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Paestan Vase with Lid (Perhaps from Another Vase)
Getty Museum · about 340 B.C.
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