Three Line Group

Hermes, Athena, Zeus, Hera and Ares. Paris: Louvre.

The term Three Line Group describes a group of Attic black-figure vase painters, as well as a type of vase. They belong to the last quarter of the sixth century BC.

The group's conventional name is based on its habit of separating the individual decorative stripes on small-format neck amphorae with three separating lines. The group produces work of increasingly worse quality during its period activity. Its decorations are rarely better than poor. In spite of the limited quality, their work reminded John Beazley of the Andokides Painter. The group's vases are often extensively inscribed. Apart from names of depicted figures, they can also bear kalos inscriptions for Onetorides or Hippokrates.

Bibliography

John Beazley: Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters, Oxford 1956, p.
John D. Beazley: Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black-figure vase-painters and to Attic red-figure vase-painters. Oxford 1971. p.
John Boardman: Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen. Ein Handbuch, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9, p. 123

Ancient Greek vase painters

Geometric

Dipylon Master

Orientalizing

Black-figure

Comast Group	KX Painter KY Painter

Group E	Exekias

Gorgoneion Group	Cavalcade Painter

Leagros Group	Acheloos Painter Chiusi Painter

Little Masters	Group of Rhodes 12264

Red-figure

Pioneer Group	Epiktetos Euphronios Euthymides Oltos Phintias Smikros

Mannerists	Pan Painter

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