41 2 cm 16 1 4 in credit line gift of martin a.
Attic red figure bell krater.
A girl musician plays the flute and two young males dance in a vivid manner.
This type of krater is fairly rare in attic vase production but was frequently used by the berlin painter.
Red figure bell krater kleophon painter 440 430 bc museum of cycladic art athens greece.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding.
Symposiums were an eastern influence 2 in which the aristocracy would lie down and drink.
Are not earlier than 500 b c.
A bell krater is one of the forms of the krater a pottery vessel with glazed interior used for mixing wine and water.
38 4 cm 15 1 8 in.
Terracotta bell krater bowl for mixing wine and water part 2 play or pause 2224.
The absence of a foot suggests that the vase was placed on a base or support.
It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.
Besides the bell shape there are column calyx and volute kraters.
Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
Artemis shooting an arrow at aktaion who has fallen to the ground attacked by his hunting dogs.
This is a photo of a red figure bell krater 380 370 showing clytemnestra trying to awaken the erinyes.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
Description two sided red figure bell krater used for mixing wine and water.
A third male with a stick follows the female musician apparently.
The bell krater is the last of the various types of krater to appear in attic red figure.
He is portrayed as a beardless youth wearing a chlamys cloak and a sheathed sword at his side.
One major type of funerary vase was the krater a mixing bowl for wine and water used by elite greek males at symposiums.
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.
Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
This bell krater is at the louvre.
Bell krater mixing bowl origin athens date 450 bce medium terracotta decorated in the red figure technique dimensions h.
Attic red figure bell krater c.
Many greek painters referenced this lifestyle in their art.
He falls to his knees with his head.
And two by the pan painter 4 arv 2 p.
The earliest preserved examples four by the berlin painter 3 arv 2 pp.
Ryerson reference number 1922 2197 extended information about this artwork.
The main side of this attic red figure krater is decorated with a komos scene return from a symposium.
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.