FAH310H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Pottery Of Ancient Greece, Krater, Euthymides
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Attic red figure, calyx krater by euphronies c. 510-500 bce. Youths are training in sports, while boys attend to them. One figure shown doing infibulation tucking his junk . The clear interest in the way anatomy works, of these nude athletes. Nudity vs. naked , elevating the body in the realm of the olympian gods. Marble statue base of a kouros c. 510-500 bce. Frontal nude idealized youthful figure, standing with his left foot forward. Carved narrative relief athletes are engaged in events of the pentathalon. Neck amphora by euphronies (hermitage) c. 510-500 bce. Frist artist to really use the topography of the vase itself in his painting. Depicted is herakles shooting an arrow at a serpent beast. Split narrative onto two sides of two separate vases. Attic red figure amphora, signed by euthymides: revelers. Depicted are three figures: komarchos, ee-demos, & teles. There is an attempt at perspective and foreshortening.
