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Wednesday, April 22. 2009

Athenian vase painting (pictures of pitchers)

"Ancient," to me, means before 1000 BC. After that, it's historic, more or less.


These are old pots. I stumbled on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's site with their collection of Athenian 6-4th Century BC red and black containers while searching for an illo for last Saturday's Saturday Verse. I am sure you have looked at their like before. These decorated containers were surely not for everyday use.


Here are a few of them:


Amphora, c. 530 BC



Amphora with chariot and soldiers, c. 540 BC


 


Bell-krater (wine mixing bowl) with three women, one playing lyre. c. 460 BC. I would assume that she is singing too.



Hydria (water jug), c. 500 BC


 


Ain't these intertubes cool?

Posted by Bird Dog in History, Our Essays, The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 05:00 | Comments (6) | Trackbacks (0)

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Beautiful. For another treat, check out the Wallace Collection's site (London for beautiful hunting, dogs, game paintings plus) , as well as the usual Brit museums also.
#1 retriever (Link) on 2009-04-22 07:22 (Reply)
bird dog you are such a renaissance man , i especially see this when posting pictures of vases and lassies. lol
#2 opie109 on 2009-04-22 09:27 (Reply)
thanks, Opie.
#2.1 Bird Dog on 2009-04-22 09:53 (Reply)
I've gotta agree with Opie.
Bird Dog, you open my eyes to the hidden treasures so many times.
Praise to you oh mighty Dog!
#2.1.1 Rattso on 2009-04-22 18:11 (Reply)
the only time i pulled an all-nighter in college was to study for an art history exam, trying to memorize all the names, dates, periods, etc of these beautiful pieces of art that i had no appreciation for. what a waste. i would love to take that class again and pay attention this time.

and the exam did not go well.
#3 kab on 2009-04-22 13:01 (Reply)
BD,
Thanks for the treat, one of my favorites is of Achilles and Ajax(i think) playing dice.
Kab, go to your local library they probably have 1/2 dozen books for just this subject. I was helping a friend figure out a bronze frieze he bought for over the sofa and needed a refresher myself.
#4 grant1863 on 2009-04-22 19:58 (Reply)

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