ARTH 2105 Lecture 2: Lecture 2
25 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
January 11, 2017
Exekias - the greatest black figure painter
-show moments in the Trojan war that was not represented in text
-first pot shows Akelis fighting against the Queen of the Amazon
-Ajax is going to commit suicide in the second pot
-shame is presented
-not a relaxed warrior
-they hold wine likely - they would be at a male drinking party
-these are epic Greek stories that the educated would know
-found in Estruscan tombs
The “Eye Cup”- Exekais
-the God Dyanus (god of wine) kidnapped by some
sailors
- turned the sailors into dolphins so they would survive
-the mast turned into grape vines
- optical illusion
-also the God of theatre
-the eyes make it look like a mask
Nikosthenes and the Etruscan Market c. 530 BCE
-Etruscan Bucchero amphora
-working directly for the market
-they know what to do with the shape
-put the eyes on the cup just like Exekias’s cup
-but in the shape of the cup that the Etruscan’s used
Panathenaic Amphorae
-Panathenaic olympics
-you got a crown of Lora leaves
-4 different games - 4 different plants
-super high quality olive oil from the grove of Athena
Andokides c. 520 BCE
-the beginning of red figure technique
-each side is different/reverse
-influence of Exekias
-made up story or not?
ARTH2105 Lecture Notes
Euphronios c. 535-470 BCE
-started to dilute the slip
-brownish red colour from that
-shading and shadowing beginning to appear
-more action, more motion, twisting motion
- it was looted
Euthymides 515-500
-as never Euphronios
-all the pottery was mythological
-when we get to the end of the 6th cen, normal people are represented more
-people vomit and have sex, random stuff
-no more gods
-everyday life is being represented
The Archaeology of Rome
Romans as collectors of Art
-they looted Greece
-every Greek bronze work we have normally came from a
Roman shipwreck
The Antikythera Wreck
-a boatload of loot
-75-50 BCE
-hard to keep bronze because the ancient people would
have been reusing it
-the first astronomical computer
-Antikythera Mechanism: An Ancient Astronomical
Computer
Masterpieces from the Sea
-Artemision – possibly associated with destruction of Corinth
146 BCE)
- Artemision Zeus (c. 470-440 BCE)
-The Jockey from Artemision 150-140 BCE)
-The Riace Bronzes (c. 460-450 BCE)
-found by fisher man pulled out of the sea
-very anatomically detailed
ARTH2105 Lecture Notes
Document Summary
Show moments in the trojan war that was not represented in text. Rst pot shows akelis ghting against the queen of the amazon. Ajax is going to commit suicide in the second pot. They hold wine likely - they would be at a male drinking party. These are epic greek stories that the educated would know. The god dyanus (god of wine) kidnapped by some sailors. Turned the sailors into dolphins so they would survive. The eyes make it look like a mask. Nikosthenes and the etruscan market c. 530 bce. They know what to do with the shape. Put the eyes on the cup just like exekias"s cup. But in the shape of the cup that the etruscan"s used. Super high quality olive oil from the grove of athena. When we get to the end of the 6th cen, normal people are represented more. People vomit and have sex, random stuff.
