Amasis mai zane

Amasis Painter (mai aiki a kusa da 550-510 BC  a Athens) tsohon mai zane-zane ne na Girka wanda ya yi aiki a cikin fasahar baƙar fata. Ya samo sunansa ne daga sa hannun mai tukwane Amasis ("Amasis ya sanya ni"), wanda ya sanya hannu kan ayyuka goma sha biyu da aka fentin da hannu ɗaya. A lokacin nune-nunen, "The Amasis Painter and His World" (1985), an danganta tukwane 132 ga wannan mai zane.

## Rayuwa da aiki
Kamar yadda yake tare da kowane mai sana'a da ke aiki a cikin karni na shida BC, an fahimci kadan game da rayuwar ko mutuntaka ta Amasis Painter. Masana sun san cewa Amasis wani nau'in Girkanci ne na sunan Masar, musamman na sarki na Masar na zamani, wanda ya sa wasu su yi imani da cewa Amasis Painter - ko aƙalla mai tukwane Amasis - na iya zama baƙo, asalinsa daga Masar. Sauran yiwuwar sun haɗa da cewa shi ɗan Atina ne tare da sunan Masar, wanda yake da kyau sosai, saboda dangantakar kasuwanci ta kusa tsakanin Girka da Masar, ko kuma cewa sunansa da aka sanya hannu sunansa lakabi ne da tsaransa suka ba shi saboda wasu halaye na Masar, misali shine siffar alabastron.[1] Amfani da lakabin "Amasos" na Exekias don kwatancin Habashawa ba shi da wani bayani mai kyau, amma ana zaton yana yin ba'a da Amasis a matsayin abokin hamayya na zamani.[2]

Duk da yiwuwar asalinsa na Masar, masana sun yarda da cewa Amasis Painter ya koyi sana'arsa a Athens, mai yiwuwa tare da Heidelberg Painter. Wannan mai zane ya yi aiki a kusa da 575-550 BC, kuma an fi saninsa da aikinsa a kan kofuna na Siana. Amasis Painter ya karɓi al'amuran daga Heidelberg Painter, kamar jarumi da ke ado da kansa a cikin greaves tare da masu kallo da yawa; duk da haka, Amasis Paint ya ƙara nasa taɓawa wajen kula da siffofinsa, yana ba da ƙarin ma'anar daki-daki, kuma sau da yawa yana ƙara sa hannu na iyakar biyu da kuma kayan ado. A wasu misalai, Amasis Painter ta yi amfani da tufafi masu laushi kuma ya jaddada yiwuwar dangantaka ta kusa tsakanin su biyu.

## Ayyukansa

Akwai tukwane 11 na baki da kuma wani yanki wanda aka fentin da hannu ɗaya kuma suna ɗauke da sa hannu wanda ke karantawa, *Amasis mepoiesen* ma'anar "Amasis ya sanya ni", yana nuna mai zane Amasis a matsayin mai tukwane na waɗannan ayyukan. Kamar yadda duk ayyukan 12 suka yi ado da mai zane guda ɗaya, wasu malamai sun ɗauka cewa mai tukwane da mai zane ɗaya ne. Koyaya, tun lokacin da Amasis ya sanya hannu a shekarar 1971 a hannun Taleides Painter, ana tunatar da masu ilimin su rarrabe tsakanin mai tukwane Amasis da Amasis Painter da kulawa.

Abubuwan da aka sanya hannu goma sha biyu na mai zane sun haɗa da amphorae masu wuyan wuyan wuyansa guda uku, Olpai huɗu (wani nau'i na kwalbar ruwan inabi na farko), kofin rukuni ɗaya, kofin ɗaya, ƙaramin kwano ɗaya, pyxis da ɓangaren tasha. Ga malaman da suka yi imanin cewa mai tukwane da mai zane sun kasance iri ɗaya, ƙananan siffofi da ƙwarewar tasoshin Amasis suna ƙarfafa gardamar gudummawar Amasis ga tasoshin Atina na ƙarni na shida. Kamar yadda Boardman ya rubuta, "Kayan kwalliya na Amasis Painter ya bambanta da zanen. Haɗin gwiwar abubuwan biyu na iya nuna cewa mai tukwane da mai zane mutum ɗaya ne, musamman kamar yadda abubuwa masu banbanci a kowane sana'a suke da alama suna da ruhu ɗaya. "

## Dubi kuma

* Jerin masu zane-zane na Girka
* Corpus vasorum antiquorum

## Manazarta