CLAS241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 24: Peplos Kore, Ancient Greek Temple, Greek Dark Ages
15 Jul 2016
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Harvester vase: 1400, end of the minoan civilization. Made of steatite (soft stone) scene that seems to be all about the harvest either going to or coming from the fields. Fits with a number of frescos from minoan palaces. The way in which the body is formed it is in fitting with the triangular shoulders, pinched waist etc typical minoan form. First time artist trying to represent sub dermal anatomy. Looks like an egg (possibly an ostrich egg which were symbols of renewal birth and rebirth were big in egypt at the time) Bull"s head rhyton: a ritual vase for poring liquid. Guilt wood and shell inlaid over the shell or nostril. Vapheio cup: found in a tomb at site called vapheio. Scene that shows a hunter capturing a bull in the wild. On the bull, representations of sub dermal anatomy. Small attempt on the human figure to attempt muscular anatomy. Reverse scene depicts man being trampled by leaping bull.
