Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
Attic red figure bell krater.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding.
Aktaion was a hunter and the goddess of the hunt killed him by turning him into a stag so that his own dogs tore him to pieces.
Ryerson reference number 1922 2197 extended information about this artwork.
A bell krater is one of the forms of the krater a pottery vessel with glazed interior used for mixing wine and water.
And two by the pan painter 4 arv 2 p.
Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
The absence of a foot suggests that the vase was placed on a base or support.
Symposiums were an eastern influence 2 in which the aristocracy would lie down and drink.
A third male with a stick follows the female musician apparently.
Name vase of the pan painter.
Red figure bell krater kleophon painter 440 430 bc museum of cycladic art athens greece.
A variant of the bell krater the lugged krater characterized by the oblique positioning of the handles was used during banquets for mixing wine and water.
The earliest preserved examples four by the berlin painter 3 arv 2 pp.
This is a photo of a red figure bell krater 380 370 showing clytemnestra trying to awaken the erinyes.
Terracotta bell krater bowl for mixing wine and water part 3.
Terracotta bell krater bowl for mixing wine and water part 2 play or pause 2224.
Bell krater mixing bowl origin athens date 450 bce medium terracotta decorated in the red figure technique dimensions h.
Besides the bell shape there are column calyx and volute kraters.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
He falls to his knees with his head.
This bell krater is at the louvre.
Description two sided red figure bell krater used for mixing wine and water.
The main side of this attic red figure krater is decorated with a komos scene return from a symposium.
41 2 cm 16 1 4 in credit line gift of martin a.
He is portrayed as a beardless youth wearing a chlamys cloak and a sheathed sword at his side.
Artemis shooting an arrow at aktaion who has fallen to the ground attacked by his hunting dogs.
38 4 cm 15 1 8 in.
This type of krater is fairly rare in attic vase production but was frequently used by the berlin painter.
Attic red figure bell krater c.
Many greek painters referenced this lifestyle in their art.
The bell krater is the last of the various types of krater to appear in attic red figure.
One major type of funerary vase was the krater a mixing bowl for wine and water used by elite greek males at symposiums.
It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.