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Athens
#12
Athens #12
Athens in 6 BCE
Solon 594/593, die 560
archon, chief magistrate
Reformed
Peidistratos and sons: Peisistratids 561-510
Defeated Persian under Athenian leadership 479
Kylix
drinking cup
Drinking cup and Band cup are called “Little Master” cups
small scale
Produced concurrently
band cup has more ambitious composition
quadriga: four horse chariot
/ front perspective, advance beyond the profile of Lydos
061097 kylix
Athena born from Zeus’ head fully armed
/ mytholodgy was constructed in the most unimaginable way. But painting made it very difficult to portray, making the scene mundane (I think, devalues the myth)
Kabeiroi - mysterious Greek deity
Kabirion of Thebes: cult center
Early 6th: Attic cup painter favor Corinthian theme - dancing revelers
flesh painted white - woman
coroplast 陶土艺术家
Greek Hydriai
two handles for lifting and one for pouring
Most significant vase shape in artistic treatment
rotund - distinct shoulder - End of 6th variant kalpis with a continuous curve from lip through body.
Kalpis is favored by red figure painters
Bronze hydriai used for water, cometary urns, and ballot box.
Bronze: figural and floral; 4th BC mythological became popular
Heracles wrestling Triton is popular on H
no ancient source
Story is pertinent
woman bust at the juncture between vertical handle and lip is characteristic of bronze H
5617129 H
most popular subject on vase painting 540-480: Achilles and Ajax playing board game
Athena standing between two Greek heroes
Original composition in Vatican
In archaic art, Herakles is highly respected: a hero and a beautifully groomed, civilized individual. Appear equal as Apollo
in later episode only portray his madness inflicted by Hera
Eye-cup appear 540
Oinochoe (jug) Cypo-jug 6th
19881123 H
earliest knowledge of theatrical performance
Black and Red Figure
Beginning of 6th to end of 4th
Painted terracotta - most important information source in 6th Athens
1955 (55114) winged gorgon marble steel
knielauf pose: frequently used in Archaic to denote speed