ARH 2050 Chapter Notes - Chapter 5: Peplos Kore, Thebes, Greece, Archaic Smile
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Three woman in charge of fate (the moirai) Geometri krater- terracotta, dipylon cemetery, athens (740 bce) Krater- large mouth bowl on a foot that was used for mixing wine & water. Used to mark the grave of an athenian man. Covered w/ decorations in horizontal bands, registers, or friezes. Upper register depicts a prothesis - funerary practice where the body is laid on a raised bar and then mourned by family/friends. Frieze below depicts a funerary procession called a ekphora - includes soldiers, only appear on male deceased. Object used in symposia- a group of men to share intellectual conversation. A amphora was used for women, slender, domestic object. Men and centaur- bronze, olympia, greece (c750-730 bce) A man and centaur- half man & half horse. Nude male figure, greek interest in human form. Encaustic- method in which pigments were mixed w/ warm wax and then applied to the object.
