Lecture 12 - Classic white-ground and red-figure

Question 1

E.g. Attic red-figure kalpis hydria

Answer 1

Pan painter, shows Perseus, Medusa and Athena, dated to 460 BCE

Question 2

E.g. Attic red-figure pelike

Answer 2

Pan painter, side A shows Heracles and Busiris, side B shows Egyptian priests, dated to 470 BCE.

Question 3

E.g. Attic red-figure calyx krater

Answer 3

Niobid painter, his name vase, side A shows slaughter of the children of Niobe, dated to 460-450 BCE.

Question 4

E.g. Attic white-ground pyxis

Answer 4

Penthesilea Painter, shows the judgement of Paris (Hermes and Paris), Aphrodite and Eros are evident, dated to 460 BCE.

Question 5

E.g. Attic red-figure Type B Amphora

Answer 5

Achilles painter, shows Achilles, dated to 445-440 BCE.

Question 6

E.g. Attic white-ground lekythos

Answer 6

Achilles painter, shows a farewell scene: a woman bids farewell to her husband, dated to 440 BCE.

Question 7

E.g. Attic red-figure epinetron

Answer 7

Eretria painter, 425-420 BCE, details show wedding of Alcestis, loutrophoros as a wedding gift. Bridal preparations - Aphrodite, Eros, Peitho, Harmonia, Kore, Himeros.

Question 8

E.g. Attic red-figure kalpis hydria

Answer 8

Meidias painter, upper: rape of daughters of Leukippos, lower: Heracles in the Garden of the Hesperides.