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Title: Dipylon Krater
Location: Athens, Greece
Time: 740 BCE (Geometric Period)
-one of the earliest examples of painting on ceramic pots
-mixing bowl, approx 3 feet 4 1/2 inches
-marked the grave of an athenian man
-covered the surface with precisely painted abtrast angle motifs in horizontal bands
-earliest example of geometric style to date |
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Title: Kroisos
Location: Greece
Time: 530 BCE (Archaic Period)
-used to mark grave
-inscribed to say "stay and mourn at the tomb of dead Kroisos, whom raging Ares destroyed one day as he fought in the foremost ranks"
-Archaic Smile
-naturalistic manner
-all greek stone statues were painted |
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Title: Peplos Kore
Location: Acropolis, Athens, Greece
Time: 530 BCE (Archaic Period)
-peplos is a simple long woolen belted garmet that gives the female figure a columnar apperance
-paint traces were preserved
-was knocked over by the persians during their sack of the acropolis
-whatever she was holding would probably tell what she was (maiden or g-ddess) |
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Title: Francois Vase
Artist: Kleitias and Ergotimos
Location: Athens, Greece
Time: 570 BCE (Archaic Period)
-volute-shaped
- more than 200 figures in 6 registers
-shows a lot of greek mythology |
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Title: Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game
Artist: Exekias
Location: Athens, Greece
Time: 540-530 BCE (Archaic Period)
-2 soilders playing a dice game
-achielles says four, ajax says three
-both have taken off their helmets and shields
-both are holding spears
-classic case of a calm before the storm
-spears lead the eyes to the thrown dice |
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Title: Herakles wrestling Antaios
Artist: Euphronios
Location: Greece
Time: 510 BCE (Archaic Period)
-shows the middle of the fight where Antaios is showing a lot of strength, but Herakles is still showing more strength
-trys to convincingly render the human anatomy
-Also trys to show the figures occupying space |
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