ARTHIST 101D Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Kylix, Ergotimos, Trojan War
10 May 2018
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Lecture 10: Greek Vase Painting in the Orientalizing and Archaic Periods
February 5, 2015
Orientalizing style – 7th Century BCE – taking ideas and influence from Babylon, Assyria (the East)
Amphora from Eleusis (670-650 BCE)
Faces are reserved – the natural color of clay
Taking ideas from other cultures and customizing them
Animation of the figures, storytelling
Black figure vase painting
Blinding of the Cyclops by Odysseus
Corinthian black-figure amphora (625-600 BCE)
Black figure – black foundation, take a sharp stylus to scratch into the black to create details
Horror vacui
Mantiklos Apollo (700-680 BCE)
Bronze: tin and copper technological advancement
Inscription that shows Mantiklos’s purpose for creating this statue
Votive statue – represents worship
The Greek vase
Storage (amphora, hydra), mixing (volute krater, calvx krater), serving, drinking (kylix)
In Athens, there was a street called the Street of the Potters with specialized workers who dealt
with pots
Clear out the bottom of the cup by twirling the pot and emptying it
Culture of the private collector, artwork as display item representing wealth and good taste
The Francois Vase by Kleitias (painter) and Ergotimos (potter) (570 BCE)
Florence
The Marriage of Peleus and Thetis (parents of Achilles)
Black figure
Sphinxes (shows Egyptian influence)
Thetis is prophesized to have a baby who is greater than father, Gods decide to marry her off to a
mortal (Peleus)
Fading out of obsession with horror vacui – easier to understand story without much distraction
Exekias, Achilles and Ajax playing dice (540 BCE)
Tells the story of the Trojan war
Absorption in the dice game in the midst of battle
Fading away of superfluous designs
Black figure
Exekias, Achilles and Penthesileia (530 BCE)
Psychological engagement
Black figure
Penthesileia: queen of the Amazons (painted in white)
Pyramidal composition
Moment is while Achilles is plunging the spear into her, their eyes lock and fall in love
Lysippides Painter, Achilles and Ajax (525 BCE)
Andokides Painter, Achilles and Ajax (525 BCE)
Turns the process of black figure upside down – red figure
Figures projecting out (shown with the overlapping head piece that covers vase design)
Euphronios, Herakles and Antaois (510 BCE)
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Document Summary
Lecture 10: greek vase painting in the orientalizing and archaic periods. Taking ideas from other cultures and customizing them. Orientalizing style 7th century bce taking ideas and influence from babylon, assyria (the east) Faces are (cid:498)reserved(cid:499) the natural color of clay. Black figure black foundation, take a sharp stylus to scratch into the black to create details. Inscription that shows mantiklos"s purpose for creating this statue. Bronze: tin and copper technological advancement. Storage (amphora, hydra), mixing (volute krater, calvx krater), serving, drinking (kylix) In athens, there was a street called the street of the potters with specialized workers who dealt with pots. Clear out the bottom of the cup by twirling the pot and emptying it. Culture of the private collector, artwork as display item representing wealth and good taste. The francois vase by kleitias (painter) and ergotimos (potter) (570 bce) The marriage of peleus and thetis (parents of achilles)
