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33. Niobides Krater - Anonymous vase painter of Classical Greece known as the Niobid Painter - Classical Greek - c. 460 to 450 BCE - clay, red-figure technique (white highlights)
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ReplyDeleteForm- Clay with the red figure technique.
Function- This crater is for ceremonies, however normal craters were used for mixing water and wine.
Content- On one side Niobid's children are being killed because she bragged about her fertility to the Gods.
Context- Found in Orvieto, Italy.
Tradition/Change- First time that depicting heads of figures on the same level was abandoned; may have been the influence of wall paintings.
Interpretation- The other side May of represented Hercules surrounded by heroes and Athena, However others believe it represents hercules and the warriors of the marathon.
Form:red figure ware
ReplyDeleteFunction: Was used for storing liquids
Content:Leto's two children ,Artemis and Apollo, seek revenge by killing Niobid's children.
Context: was painted by an anonymous painter known as the Niobid Painter.
Artistic Intent: to be used in ceremonies.
Tradition/Change: The change from primarily using the black figure technique to using the red figure technique
form- kiln fired clay
ReplyDeletefunction- used as a container.
content- one side depicts lounging warriors and a statue of hercules
context- the greeks valued balance
artistic intent- to depict the valued duality of greek mythology
tradition/change- hierarchy of scale is abandoned