Their aesthetic influence extends into the present.
Attic red figure bell krater.
Aktaion was a hunter and the goddess of the hunt killed him by turning him into a stag so that his own dogs tore him to pieces.
The absence of a foot suggests that the vase was placed on a base or support.
He is portrayed as a beardless youth wearing a chlamys cloak and a sheathed sword at his side.
41 2 cm 16 1 4 in credit line gift of martin a.
Besides the bell shape there are column calyx and volute kraters.
And two by the pan painter 4 arv 2 p.
Symposiums were an eastern influence 2 in which the aristocracy would lie down and drink.
Attic red figure bell krater c.
Ryerson reference number 1922 2197 extended information about this artwork.
Many greek painters referenced this lifestyle in their art.
This is a photo of a red figure bell krater 380 370 showing clytemnestra trying to awaken the erinyes.
Henri matisse produced a similar painting intérieur au vase étrusque.
Terracotta bell krater bowl for mixing wine and water part 2 play or pause 2224.
Attic red figure bell krater fragment.
Artemis aims her bow at the hunter actaeon who is savaged by his hounds.
Name vase of the pan painter.
Artemis shooting an arrow at aktaion who has fallen to the ground attacked by his hunting dogs.
This type of krater is fairly rare in attic vase production but was frequently used by the berlin painter.
Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
Description two sided red figure bell krater used for mixing wine and water.
Polygnotos greek attic active 450 430 b c 13 4 cm 5 1 4 in 86 ae 218.
38 4 cm 15 1 8 in.
The earliest preserved examples four by the berlin painter 3 arv 2 pp.
A bell krater is one of the forms of the krater a pottery vessel with glazed interior used for mixing wine and water.
Are not earlier than 500 b c.
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He falls to his knees with his head.
Bell krater mixing bowl origin athens date 450 bce medium terracotta decorated in the red figure technique dimensions h.
A variant of the bell krater the lugged krater characterized by the oblique positioning of the handles was used during banquets for mixing wine and water.
One major type of funerary vase was the krater a mixing bowl for wine and water used by elite greek males at symposiums.
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For example the well known curved shape of the coca cola bottle is inspired by greek vases.
The bell krater is the last of the various types of krater to appear in attic red figure.