SOURCE: Pronomos Vase

Question 1

What is the provenance of the vase ?

Answer 1

410BC
The pronomos painter
It’s a volute Krater
Depicts a team of actors celebrating with costume including an aulos player, a playwright and Dionysus

Question 2

What is the significance of this source ?

Answer 2

• They are in costume for a satyr play- we can see this as the actors are wearing phallic props (highlights the comedic and undignified nature of the plays) such as Chorus members dressed as Satyrs
• costumes were very elaborate and intricate- especially those or key characters/ high status such as Heracles and Dionysus also the use of tightly fitted sleeves to hide age and gender so actors play multiple roles
• more realistic, life like masks were used in tragedy and satyr all actors and chorus wore masks (mostly holding them on the vase)

Question 3

What else can we comment thinking about gender ?

Answer 3

Top right fit guess can be seen to be holding masks including on finger holding a notably female mask which is white and has long hair so the masks could be male or female

Question 4

What do we understand about performance ?

Answer 4

Musical instruments can be seen showing that music accompanied performances

Question 5

What do we learn about clothing ?

Answer 5

Figure to the right of Dionysus wearing an electorate chiton