Markets and meanings 159 popularity of heterosexual scenes on mid sixth century black figured cup fragments from the athenian agora and the acropolis 9 but i will focus on the peak of their production at ca.
Attic figured scenes origin.
The pottery of ancient greece from c.
In this period the surface of the pot was completely covered with a network of fine patterns in which circles and arcs predominate.
The vase was discovered in c.
On attic black figure vases the figures are in black against an orange red clay ground while the details are picked out in incisions and touches of purple and white.
On the body a women s scene three women with quadriga splintering at the foot as shown in the.
570 565 bce and it is perhaps the example par excellence of the black figure pottery style.
Homer related that oedipus s wife and mother hanged herself when the truth of their relationship became known though oedipus apparently continued to rule at thebes until his death.
Oedipus in greek mythology the king of thebes who unwittingly killed his father and married his mother.
1845 ce in chiusi etruria.
16 erotic images on attic vases.
Characteristics of the scenes include a man and a woman engaged in.
The parts of the womens bodies not covered by their tunics are painted white.
500 bc in red figure.
Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society the shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are.
Attic black figure leckthus 500 480 b c.
A wreathed column krater for mixing wine and water a large skyphos for the relief of a sick symposiast a lamp stand that also accommodates a ladle and strainer and krotala castanets.
Kohl southern germany acquired in the early 1960s.
Interior flute playing satyr and maenad exterior obverse and reverse symposium the exterior provides a particularly full illustration of the symposium drinking party and especially of its paraphernalia.
Attic lekythus around 500 480 bc black figured on the body the depiction of a women s scene three women with horse and cart.
The françois vase is a large attic volute krater dating to c.
In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets.
From the collection of f.
Attic pottery was exported to magna graecia and even etruria the preference for attic vases led to the development of local south italian and etrurian workshops or schools strongly influenced by attic style but producing exclusively for local markets.
Further pottery with its durability even when broken and lack of appeal to treasure hunters is one of the great archaeological survivors.
400 bce provides not only some of the most distinctive vase shapes from antiquity but also some of the oldest and most diverse representations of the cultural beliefs and practices of the ancient greeks.
The main scene often depicts a group of women each with a hydria at a water fountain.
