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Vase painting (Archaic) Flashcards

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Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Type, Date, Painter, Story

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Dinos, Black-figure
580 BC
The Gorgon Painter
Perseus fleeing Gorgons after killing Medusa

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Sophilos Dinos - Type, Date, Painter, Story

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Dinos, Black-figure
580-570 BC
Sophilos
Peleus + Thetis wedding

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Francois Vase - Type, Date, Painter, Story

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Volute Krater, Black-fifure
580-570 BC
Kleitios
MANY: Boar hunt, Theseus Cretan dance, Achilles ambushing Triolus, Ajax carrying Achilles

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Ajax & Achilles playing dice - Type, Date, Painter, Story

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Belly Amphora, Black-figure
540-530 BC
Exekias
as in name

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Dionysus sailing - Type, Date, Painter, Story

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Kylix, Black-figure
530-540 BC
Exekias
Dionysus hiding in grapevines

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Dinos purpose

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Mixing water and wine

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Volute Krater purpose

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Diluting wine with water

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Belly Amphora purpose

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Storage and transport vessel for olives, cereal, oil, and wine

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Kylix purpose

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A drinking cup

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Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Description

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  • 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)
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Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - Successful

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  • 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
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Gorgons Pursuing Perseus - UNsuccessful aspects

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  • 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
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Sophilos Dinos - Description

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  • 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
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Sophilos Dinos - Successful aspects

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Sophilos Dinos - UNsuccessful aspects

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Francois Vase - Successful aspects

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Francois Vase - UNsuccessful aspects

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Ajax & Achilles playing dice - Description

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  • Achilles & Ajax sit opposite each other
  • Achilles has greek word for 4 and Ajax that for 3 = Achilles winning - like speech bubble
  • detail on drapery
  • Achilles looks most battle ready with helet
  • but Ajax holds his spear tight and feet slightly off the ground - tension
  • the skill of Exekias is shown in shape of vase
  • lines or spears to handles to shield and loops
  • centres attention
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Ajax & Achilles playing dice - Successful aspects

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  • choice of the peaceful moment in war = innovative
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Ajax & Achilles playing dice - UNsuccessful aspects

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Dionysus sailing - Description

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  • Dionysus sailing in a boat w/ swan’s head at the stern and dolphins head and bow
    lies at ease holding a drinking horn
    covered by white sail above which hangs grapevines
  • 7 clusters of grapes hand down
    recalls myth when Dionysus is attacked by pirates hoping to abduct him as mistaken for king’s son
  • he turned himself into a lion and chased the pirates off the ship, who were turned into dolphins
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Dionysus sailing - Successful aspects

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Dionysus sailing - UNsuccessful aspects

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