berlin painter volute krater
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Berlin Painter Volute Krater. Fact Scan: Date:500-480BC Type:Volute Krater (Mixing wine and water at the symposium) Technique:Red figure (the figures are red – hello?!) Potter:Unknown Painter:Berlin Painter (Painted a famous vase held in Berlin) Height:65 cm - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
Fact Scan:Date: 500-480BC
Type: Volute Krater (Mixing wine and water at the symposium)
Technique: Red figure (the figures are red – hello?!)
Potter: Unknown
Painter: Berlin Painter (Painted a famous vase held in Berlin)
Height: 65 cm
Subject: Achilles fighting Memnon of Ethiopia
Achilles fighting Hektor the Trojan
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
Side ASide AAchilles (left) fights Memnon (right)Achilles (left) fights Memnon (right)
Thetis supports AchillesThetis supports Achilles
Eos supports MemnonEos supports Memnon
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
Side BSide BAchilles (left) fights Hector (right)Achilles (left) fights Hector (right)
Athena supports AchillesAthena supports Achilles
Apollo (holding an arrow) supports Hector.Apollo (holding an arrow) supports Hector.
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute KraterAnatomyAnatomy
¾ poses¾ poses
Dilute slipDilute slip
ForeshorteningForeshortening
OverlappingOverlapping
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
AnatomyAnatomyBodily detailsBodily details
Contrasts in hair, pose etContrasts in hair, pose et
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
Composition and use of spaceWhole vase mostly blackHas the effect of drawing attention
to the figured friezesVery busy decorative motifs
(double lotus and palmette chain; ivy spirals on the handles
ScenesFigures in their individual spaces“Spot-lit” effect – distinguishing
features of the BPExterior figures gesture towards the
centre
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
Compositional MattersCompositional MattersBoth sides have four separate figuresBoth sides have four separate figures
Both sides have figures looking to the centreBoth sides have figures looking to the centre
Most of the vase is blackMost of the vase is black
Double lotus and palmette frames the scenesDouble lotus and palmette frames the scenes
Combatants are balanced.Combatants are balanced.
W-composition mimics the wide mouth and narrow neck of W-composition mimics the wide mouth and narrow neck of the vasethe vase
Berlin Painter Volute KraterBerlin Painter Volute Krater
On the leftOn the left
Lunges forwardLunges forward
Body not covered by Body not covered by shieldshield
Helmet visor upHelmet visor up
•Both naked•Both have helmet visors up
Memnon/Hector - defenderOn the right
Falls/reclines backward
Body covered by shield
Obvious wounds
Shaggy hair
Achilles – the aggressor
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Artistic MattersArtistic Matters
Dramatic presentation – figures spotlit on a stageDramatic presentation – figures spotlit on a stage
Glorification of battleGlorification of battle
Extensive use of dilute slipExtensive use of dilute slip
¾ pose reveals tension of muscles¾ pose reveals tension of muscles
Miniaturist detailsMiniaturist details
Attention drawn to combatantsAttention drawn to combatants