He produced a large number of works over his 50-year career. The Berlin painter trained with the Attic red-figure Pioneers, who taught him to study the body in movement and represent nudity. Download Full Size Image A red-figure volute krater. The Berlin painter favored the arrangement of figures seen on this krater: one figure standing out against the black surface of the bowl on a band decorated with a meander. The youth served there as Zeus' cupbearer. Zeus (or his eagle) carried Ganymedes to Mt Olympus. He is depicted hurrying toward Ganymedes along a decorative meander. On the opposite side of the krater, Zeus is seen wearing a himation and carrying a sceptre. These are further indications that Ganymedes is a youth. He plays with a hoop and holds a cockerel, the gift of Zeus. These are Greek conventions that indicate the subject is a youth. On this krater, Ganymedes is depicted as beardless, and his hair is loose and flowing. Ganymedes was a handsome Trojan prince whom Zeus fancied. Hades sits enthroned in the palace beside a standing Persephone, who holds a four-headed Eleusinian torch. The krater does not have a foot so it was probably set on a stand of some sort. Download Full Size Image Apulian red-figure volute krater with scenes of the Underworld, c. The Ganymedes krater is lugged, meaning it has very short handles, one on each side of the krater at the opening. Title: Red-figure volute Krater Creator: Polion Painter Date Created: 420 BC -0420 Source: Tomb 127 Valle Trebba Registration number: 3033 Provenance: Comacchio Production place: Attic. (63.5 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1907 Accession Number: 07.286. 450 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta red-figure Dimensions: H. The bell krater measures 33 cm in height and 33 cm in diameter.Ī bell krater was a vessel in which water and wine were mixed at banquets. Title: Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Artist: Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece) Period: Classical Date: ca. The painting appears on one side of an Attic red-figure bell krater of clay.
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