Object 7 Flashcards
What is the object
Red figure column krater
Who is the artist
Unknown
Painted in a mannerist style
What features of the mannerist style
Elongated features
Small heads
Stiff garment folds
What is the date
C.500-490 bc
What is the location
Antiken museum, Basel
What is the significance
Shows a tragic chorus in action
The vase dats from the early years of the fifth century, it shows when tragedy was a new art form
The vase is older than any surviving plays (Persians = 472bc)
What is not visible in the photo but is coming out of the chorus mouths
Letters which tell us that they are singing
What are the chorus costumes
Military costumes
Not wearing helmets or shoes
Makes it easy to move and quiet
What are the men doing
Three pairs of young men dance towards what is possibly an alter
The chorus hair
Long hair is secured hair band
Are they wearing masks?
Cannot tell for sure but possibly as they all have the same facial expression
What decorates the alter
Decorated with branches and ribbons
What could be used for the alter
Ekkylema
What could the figure on the alter be
Either on the later or rising from behind it
Could be Dionysus
Could be an actor playing a ghost- a ghost appears in Persians so they do appear in early drama
