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