Pronomous Painter

Question 1

What kind of vase?

Answer 1

Volute krater

Question 2

Who’s the artist?

Answer 2

Pronomous

Question 3

Who are the figures in the centre of the vase?

Answer 3

Ariadne and Dionysus

Question 4

What does the vase depict?

Answer 4

A team of tragic actors and chorus members off-stage but wearing satyr costumes

Question 5

What the vase shows about costumes

Answer 5

Tragic mask in this period was plain and not highly stylised whereas the costumes show great decoration and intricate design, with patterns and figures of people and animals. Had close-fitting sleeves which hid the age/gender of actors allowing them to change role more easily. Dionysus wearing himation and Ariadne wearing himation and chiton. Wearing kothornoi

Question 6

People on the vase

Answer 6

vase named after the aulos player in the middle, one of the most famous musicians of the late fifth-century from thebes called Pronomous. Dionysus and Ariadne, Demetrios seems to be the playwright because he holds a scroll, another female character holding a female mask, maybe a personification of the satyr-play.