CLASSICS 1A03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Protogeometric Style, Geometric Art, Grave Goods
13 May 2016
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Rise of greek culture and development of greek city-state (polis) Vestiges of mycenae style, vessel types derived from mycenaean types. Style defined by circles and triangles, zigzag and cross hatching, decoration limited on body of the vessel, often place to emphasize form. Pottery type is forerunner (something that comes before another)to geometric style. Picture: geometric amphora, has a meander pattern and shapes. Animals and animal registers are common from c. 800 bc. Grave goods = other objects left with deceased as sacrifice and/or gift. Picture: a wine vessel, with a small cup. There are weapons to reflect usage by individual. The vessels could also be used to be buried in the ground, or they would be tomb markers. Cemetery at athens, by dipylon master : 750 bc. Picture: amphora with the deer; being able to buy this was a sign of status. Prosthesis (lying out of corpse) (deer vessel): dipylon amphora.
