Greek Vase Painting

Vase Shapes

hydraused for water

“bell” kraterused for mixing

amphoraused for wine

Vase Shapes (cont.)

lekythosused for oil

kylixused for drinking wine at a symposium

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Geometric Kraterby the Dipylon Masterfrom the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, GRca. 740 BCE

3’ 4 1/2” highThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

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Françoise Vase (Attic black-figure volute krater)Kletias and Ergotimosfrom Chiusi, Italyca. 570 BCE

approx. 2’ 2” highMuseo Archeologica, Florence, IT

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Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from black-figure amphora)from Vulci, ItalyExekiasca. 540 - 530 BCE

whole vessel approx. 2’ highVatican Museums, Rome, IT

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Signature ofExekiasblack on redLouvre, Paris, FR

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Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (Attic bilingual amphora)from Orvietto, ItalyAndokides Painterca. 525 - 520 BCEblack-figure side (left)red-figure side (right)approx. 1’ 9” highMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston

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Oedipus and the SphinxAchilles Painterca. 440 - 430 BCEred-figure amphoraStaatliche Antikensammlugen, Munich, Germany

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Web Resources

• Wikipedia's entry on Ancient Greek Pottery• The Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Centre [Note:

Beazley is known as the first significant scholar of Greek pottery after Wincklemann.]

• The Metropolitan Museum of Art's web page on Athenian pottery – both black- and red-figure pottery is discussed.