

Apollo (holding an arrow) supports Hector.the neck of a volute-krater, and once on the rim of a dinos.

The themes on this volute krater suggest that it was employed in a funerary context.Berlin Painter Volute Krater Fact Scan: Date: 500-480BC Type: Volute Krater (Mixing wine and water at the symposium) Technique: Red figure (the figures are red – hello?!) Potter: Unknown Painter:ěerlin Painter (Painted a famous vase held in Berlin) Height:Ė5 cm Subject:Ěchilles fighting Memnon of Ethiopia Achilles fighting Hektor the Trojan It is not permitted to download or to forward/distribute the text or part of it without the. Volute kraters are often used for mixing water and wine, but they can also be used as funerary markers. The Vanth Group is refers to a group of several vases found in Orvieto, Italy and this vase’s specific Underworld imagery and artistic handling supports its attribution to the Group. In Etruscan religion, the goddess Vanth accompanied the deceased on their journey to the Underworld, but she also lends her name to the so-called Vanth Group of Etruscan vase painting. The scenes on the neck are separated by sets of doors, perhaps the doors to the Underworld. (67.6 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1927 Accession Number: 27.122. 420 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta red-figure Dimensions: H. On both sides of the neck, a woman is shown seated and attended by two youths. Title: Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Artist: Signed by Polion as painter Period: Classical Date: ca. A second youth stands behind the woman and hold a walking stick as he watches the action unfold. While one woman receives an embrace from the youth behind her, the other stands before Tinia filling his phiale (libation bowl) from her small oinochoe (wine jug). On the opposite side Tinia sits upon a draped surface holding his scepter crowned by an eagle, his attribute, with a woman on either side. from publication: Greek Myth and the Relict. She wears only sandals and jewelry and holds a long stick in both hands, decorated at its ends with flowing fabric. Download scientific diagram Volute-krater (shaped by Ergotimos and decorated by Kleitias), c. They are led by a woman who gazes back at Tinia. On this volute krater, the main motif is Tinia driving a biga (a two-wheeled chariot) drawn by two white horses in front of a columnar a funerary marker.
