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