Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: Object: 42.7 × 43.3 cm (16 13/16 × 17 1/16 in.) Place: Athens, Greece (Place Created) Culture: Greek (Attic) Object Number: 80.AE. The wounded warrior Telephos holds the baby Orestes hostage at an altar, with Agamemnon and Clytemnestra rushing to save their son. Full Artwork Details Title: Attic Red-Figure Calyx Krater Artist/Maker: Attributed to the Villa Giulia Painter (Greek (Attic), active about 470 - 440 B.C.) Date: 460450 B.C. Two Furies flank her, while Jason and a distraught nurse and teacher approach the bodies on the altar below.Ī different tragedy unfolds on the other side of the vase, from Euripides’s Telephos (438 BC). The seventh of Herakles’s Twelve Labors is shown here. This vase was painted by a Greek artist who immigrated to Etruria, where Greek vases were a popular commodity. Attributed to The Perugia Painter, now combined with the Arn Painter. 400 BC near the Policoro Painter (South Italian, Lucanian, active c. Calyx Krater (Mixing Bowl) about 400-380 BCE. Seeking revenge against her husband Jason, leader of the Argonauts, Medea has just slain their two children. Red-Figure Calyx-Krater (Mixing Vessel): Medea in Chariot (A) Telephos with Baby Orestes (B) c. Framed in the center by a halo (recalling her sun god grandfather Helios), the sorceress Medea flies off in a dragon-drawn chariot. the hair covers the head liberally and ends in two long free locks. The remarkable scene on the front of this vase relates to the famous tragedy Medea, written by Euripides and first produced in Athens in 431 BC. equivalent of contemporary red-figure calyx-kraters in terms of value and. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) About the Author Mark Cartwright Mark is a full-time author, researcher, historian, and editor. Near the Policoro Painter (South Italian, Lucanian, active c. published on 28 March 2015 Download Full Size Image A red-figure calyx krater from Boeotia, c. Red-Figure Calyx-Krater (Mixing Vessel): Medea in Chariot (A) Telephos with Baby Orestes (B), c.
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