Around 1840 ferdinand georg waldmüller painted a still life with silver vessels and red figure bell krater.
Attic red figure bell krater.
Bell krater mixing bowl origin athens date 450 bce medium terracotta decorated in the red figure technique dimensions h.
The earliest preserved examples four by the berlin painter 3 arv 2 pp.
Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.
Artemis shooting an arrow at aktaion who has fallen to the ground attacked by his hunting dogs.
One major type of funerary vase was the krater a mixing bowl for wine and water used by elite greek males at symposiums.
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The absence of a foot suggests that the vase was placed on a base or support.
A variant of the bell krater the lugged krater characterized by the oblique positioning of the handles was used during banquets for mixing wine and water.
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He falls to his knees with his head.
Henri matisse produced a similar painting intérieur au vase étrusque.
This type of krater is fairly rare in attic vase production but was frequently used by the berlin painter.
Attic red figure bell krater fragment.
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Symposiums were an eastern influence 2 in which the aristocracy would lie down and drink.
Terracotta bell krater bowl for mixing wine and water part 3.
And two by the pan painter 4 arv 2 p.
Besides the bell shape there are column calyx and volute kraters.
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The bell krater is the last of the various types of krater to appear in attic red figure.
Many greek painters referenced this lifestyle in their art.
Attic red figure bell krater c.
Are not earlier than 500 b c.
Their aesthetic influence extends into the present.
Aktaion was a hunter and the goddess of the hunt killed him by turning him into a stag so that his own dogs tore him to pieces.
Description two sided red figure bell krater used for mixing wine and water.
Polygnotos greek attic active 450 430 b c 13 4 cm 5 1 4 in 86 ae 218.
For example the well known curved shape of the coca cola bottle is inspired by greek vases.
He is portrayed as a beardless youth wearing a chlamys cloak and a sheathed sword at his side.
Artemis aims her bow at the hunter actaeon who is savaged by his hounds.
This bell krater is at the louvre.
Ryerson reference number 1922 2197 extended information about this artwork.
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