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Greek Vase Painting

Greek Vase Painting. Vase Shapes. “bell” krater used for mixing. hydra used for water. amphora used for wine. Vase Shapes (cont.) ‏. kylix used for drinking wine at a symposium. lekythos used for oil. Click here for more on Greek vase shapes. 1.

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Greek Vase Painting

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  1. Greek Vase Painting

  2. Vase Shapes “bell” krater used for mixing hydra used for water amphora used for wine

  3. Vase Shapes (cont.)‏ kylix used for drinking wine at a symposium lekythos used for oil Click here for more on Greek vase shapes.

  4. 1 Geometric Kraterby the Dipylon Masterfrom the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, GRca. 740 BCE3’ 4 1/2” highThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

  5. 2 Françoise Vase (Attic black-figure volute krater)Kletias and Ergotimosfrom Chiusi, Italyca. 570 BCEapprox. 2’ 2” highMuseo Archeologica, Florence, IT

  6. 3 Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from black-figure amphora)from Vulci, ItalyExekiasca. 540 - 530 BCEwhole vessel approx. 2’ highVatican Museums, Rome, IT

  7. 4 Signature ofExekiasblack on redLouvre, Paris, FR

  8. 5 Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (Attic bilingual amphora)from Orvietto, ItalyAndokides Painterca. 525 - 520 BCEblack-figure side (left)red-figure side (right)approx. 1’ 9” highMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

  9. 6 Oedipus and the SphinxAchilles Painterca. 440 - 430 BCEred-figure amphoraStaatliche Antikensammlugen, Munich, Germany

  10. Web Resources • Wikipedia's entry on Ancient Greek Pottery • The Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Centre [Note: Beazley is known as the first significant scholar of Greek pottery after Wincklemann.] • The Metropolitan Museum of Art's web page on Athenian pottery – both black- and red-figure pottery is discussed.

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