exekias and wayne thiebaud
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Folk Art
Popular Art
“Neck-amphora”, 540
B.C.
By Exekias
“Dionysus Crossing the Sea
(on a kylix)”, 535 B.C.
By Exekias
“Achilles and Ajax
Playing a Dice Game
(on an amphora)”, 540
B.C.
By Exekias
Exekias
Artist
Humanizes Achilles and Ajax, heroes in war
Painted on an amphora, a vase for storing grain, etc.
Famous Potter in the Archaic era of Greece
Origin
Part of the Archaic Style of Greek Art
Seventh century BCE
More naturalistic than geometric patterning
Black-figure technique mastered by potters
Corinthian technique invented around 700 BCE
Animal friezes and mythological scenes
Diffusion
Sold in other parts of Greece, such as Athens
Relocation Diffusion
Exekias, a famous potter and painter from Ancient Greece, was part of the
Archaic style of Greek art in around the seventh century BCE. The Archaic style,
which expressed emphasis on naturalistic portrayal rather than the geometric
patterning of the art preceding it, saw the rise of the black-figure technique.
Originating from the Ancient Greek city of Corinth in around 700 BCE, the black
figure technique used dark slip, a mixture of fine-grained clay, as paint and
incisions for the portrayal of fine details. The Ancient Corinthians used this
technique to portray animals and mythological events. As merchants exported
Corinthian works to other parts of Greece through relocation diffusion, the
technique was adopted in the city of Athens. The Athenian use of this technique
led to the production of prolific vase paintings by artists such as Exekias.
“Three Machines”,
1963
By Wayne Thiebaud
“Wedding Cake”,
1962
By Wayne Thiebaud
“Pies, Pies, Pies”, 1961
By Wayne Thiebaud
Wayne Thiebaud
Description
Former sign painter and cartoonist
Thickly painted canvases of junk food and dessert
Origin
Began in Britain in the mid 1950s
Pioneered by a group of artists known as the Independent Group
Recognizes the role of material culture in contemporary society
Recognizable images obtained from popular media and products
Often used bright colors
Ignored the sophisticated and elite abstract art
Diffusion
Traveled to the United States in the 1960s
Developed as a response to the rise of consumerism in the post-World War II era
Expansion, contagious diffusion
Wayne Thiebaud was an early participant of the Pop Art movement in the U.S.
Pop art began in Britain in the 1950s to recognize the increasing role of material
culture in contemporary society. Pioneered by an organization of artists known as
the Independent Group, pop art was a deviation from the traditional, sophisticated,
and elite forms of abstract art. In the 1960s, it traveled to the United States,
where it enjoyed adoption in response to the rising sense of consumerism in post-
World War II America. Pop art generally spread through contagious expansion
diffusion through publication mediums such as newspapers. Wayne Thiebaud, a sign
painter and cartoonist, related pop art to the junk food of his childhood. He is
famous for his thick canvases depicting food items.
Like Exekias, Thiebaud focused on the naturalistic portrayal of real world
observations. However, while Exekias depicted animate figures, Thiebaud drew food
items.
Bibliography
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Museum of Art. 2011. Online. 14 November 2011. <http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/
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November 2011. <http://www.cycladic.gr/frontoffice/portal.asp?cpage=resource&cresrc=
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Gersh-Nesic, Beth. “Pop Art – Art History 101 Basics.” The New York Times Company. 2011.
Online. 14 November 2011. <http://arthistory.about.com/od/modernarthistory/a/Pop-Art-
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McKeown, Heather. “Black Figure Technique.” University at Colorado Boulder. 2011. Online.
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