Vase painting (Archaic) Flashcards
Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Type, Date, Painter, Story
Dinos, Black-figure
580 BC
The Gorgon Painter
Perseus fleeing Gorgons after killing Medusa
Sophilos Dinos - Type, Date, Painter, Story
Dinos, Black-figure
580-570 BC
Sophilos
Peleus + Thetis wedding
Francois Vase - Type, Date, Painter, Story
Volute Krater, Black-fifure
580-570 BC
Kleitios
MANY: Boar hunt, Theseus Cretan dance, Achilles ambushing Triolus, Ajax carrying Achilles
Ajax & Achilles playing dice - Type, Date, Painter, Story
Belly Amphora, Black-figure
540-530 BC
Exekias
as in name
Dionysus sailing - Type, Date, Painter, Story
Kylix, Black-figure
530-540 BC
Exekias
Dionysus hiding in grapevines
Dinos purpose
Mixing water and wine
Volute Krater purpose
Diluting wine with water
Belly Amphora purpose
Storage and transport vessel for olives, cereal, oil, and wine
Kylix purpose
A drinking cup
Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Description
- Perseus fleeing the gorgons (steno & Euryle) having beheaded Medusa
- two gods present on the left of the vase:
- Athene, not wearing battle gear but identifiable cause favoured Perseus
- AND Hermes, with caduceus and travelling hat
orientalising presented on the body of the vase: exotic beasts, panthers + oriental motifs - On the other side a different story presented
- two figures – Herakles + Kyknos fighting
- flanked by Chariots and charioteers: Iolas – Herakles’ companion + Phobos – Kyknos’s half brother
- typical Archaic dinos – banding = main story at the top and others decorated (boasts, motifs, palmettes & geometric patterning)
Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Successful
- chronology - falling beheaded Medusa is further back in banding than sisters who pursue
- aspect of variety within the characters - Medusa falling
- a basic attempt at movement, but progress from geometric
- an attempt at calf muscles is fairly good
- fine detail of etching on wing and him of dresses
Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - UNsuccessful aspects
- movement highly stylised and unrealistic - legs too far apart, angles of knees = unnatural
- pose not ideal on some - chest frontal, legs profile = Archaic
- typically wide, staring, almond eyes - long noses
- braided hair – eye IN nose
- fingers = long sticks, not proportional to hand
- two different, seemingly unrelated stories being told (Perseus looks like he is running to chariots but not related)
- multiple banding draws attention away from main band + story
- placement of main story on top band means you lose some narrative because of slope of Dinos’ neck
Sophilos Dinos - Description
- Peleus & Thetis wedding
- split into bands: exotic and mythological creatures, palmettes + orientalising, then story band
- Peleus stands in front of his house and holds out a kantharos to the procession
- first goddess we see is iris ( the four goddesses)
- then Dionysus (Peleus looking at) w/ vine laden with grapes = joys to come
Come in pairs:
- Zeus + Hera – holding veil in marital gesture
- Apollo + Hermes – Apollo had lyre and mouth open = singing, joys
- Poseidon + Amphitrite, Athene + Artemis – virgins, Oceanus + Teithys, Hebe + Cheiron etc
- Cheiron, centaur who becomes Achilles’ tutor
- Eileithyia, goddess of childbirth: Functional aspect of marriage, child will be future hero (Achilles)
- Hephaestus at the rear riding on a mule
Sophilos Dinos - Successful aspects
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Sophilos Dinos - UNsuccessful aspects
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