greek vase painting. vase shapes hydra used for water “bell” krater used for mixing amphora used...

Greek Vase Painting

Vase Shapes

hydraused for water

“bell” kraterused for mixing

amphoraused for wine

Vase Shapes (cont.)

lekythosused for oil

kylixused for drinking wine at a symposium

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Geometric Kraterby the Dipylon Masterfrom the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, GRca. 740 BCE

3’ 4 1/2” highThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Françoise Vase (Attic black-figure volute krater)Kletias and Ergotimosfrom Chiusi, Italyca. 570 BCE

approx. 2’ 2” highMuseo Archeologica, Florence, IT

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Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from black-figure amphora)from Vulci, ItalyExekiasca. 540 - 530 BCE

whole vessel approx. 2’ highVatican Museums, Rome, IT

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Signature ofExekiasblack on redLouvre, Paris, FR

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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

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

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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.