Transcript Ancient Pots - Hollins University

Ancient Pots
Archaic into Classical
Shapes
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Amphora
Panathenaic Amphora
Lekythos
Pelike
Volute Krater
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Hydria
Psykter
Epinetron
Kylix
Eye Cups
Technique
• Black Figure
– silhouette
– incised detail
– added red, white,
purple paint
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I/8 line
painted detail
various brushes
not “paint” but thick
slip
Francois Vase
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Florence, Arch. Mus
.66 m high
570 BCE
volute krater
Kleitias, painter;
Ergotimos, potter
• Myths: Kalydonian
boar hunt, funeral
games for Patroklos,
marriage of Peleus and
Thetis, ambush of
Troilus.
Obverse Side
• Arrival of Athenians
and Theseus from
Crete
• Centauromachy
• Marriage of Peleus
and Thetis,
continued.
• Return of Hephaistos
to Mt. Olympos.
Amasis
Painter
• Dionysos and
the Maenads
• .33 m high
• 540 - 530
BCE
• Master of
incision
Athena and Poseidon
• Use of verticals for design
• Incorporation of inscription
• Alludes to struggle for Athens
Exekias Painter
• Penthesilea and Achilles, Dice-playing,
Dionysos on the sea, Ajax
• Pensive moments, private moments,
intimacy
• 540 - 530 BCE
Andokides Painter
• Pioneers
• First bilingual (one side black figure, one
side red figure)
• Fine lines
• Inventor of red figure
Andokides Vases
• Achilles feasting
• Apollo and Herakles struggle for the tripod
• Herakles with Cerberus
Euphronios
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Known as potter and painter
Struggles with twisting of body
Fine representations of muscles, sinew
Emotional impact
Careful composition
Herakles and Antaios
Sarpedon Krater
Euthymides
• “Not even Euphronios this.”
• Revelers.
• 510 BCE
Berlin Painter
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490 BCE
Fine detail, stylized, idealized
Single figures on a plain black expanse
No groundline
Pairs of figures carefully overlapping
Brygos Painter
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Crowded, busy scenes with much overlap
Thematic unity
Appropriate for the shape of the cup
Aristocratic concerns
Sack of Troy
Drunken revelers
Niobid Painter
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470 - 460 BCE
Influence of mural wall painter
Themes that need multiple groundlines
Punishment of Niobe by Artemis and
Apollo
Achilles painter
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440 BCE
Contraposto pose of Achilles
Like Berlin painter but with groundline
Painters have caught up with sculptors.
White ground technique
• 1st half of the fifth century
• Its failure in the late 6th century led to red
figure technique
• Usually funerary lekythos
• But there are kraters, pyxides, and
amphorae
• Use of subtle shading, like a canvas