The Vase Told The Story Of Herakles And The Boar

The Greeks took care of the dead by washing them, putting them in tombs, and bringing offerings to their grave. The women’s role was to wash and wrap the dead bodies in cloth. They also decorated them with flowers and herbs. The men dug the area in which the body was to be buried. On this first piece of pottery, it looks like people are walking as if they were in a funeral procession. Women are surrounding the dead person and men are following the women. The pottery has a top that looks like a funnel which comes down and narrows out into a long neck. At the bottom of the long neck it starts to get wider and forms a shape that looks like a vase. The vase sits on a very small pedestal. On the sides of the narrow neck there are two handles that look like very long and thin wings. On the neck of the pot, there is one women standing there. The design above her head looks like a wreath. She looks like she is crying over a body. She is on top of everything that is on the pottery which leads me to conclude that she is an important part of this piece. The dead person may have been her son or husband. At the bottom of the pottery there is a design that looks like black spikes. The pot is entirely black with the picture in gold paint. This pot was called a Loutrophoros. It was used for holding water to wash the dead body. After the body was buried, the Greeks put offerings on the graves of the people who have passed away. This next

As the name suggests the skull instantly draws the eye, the hollow face of the skull is in the center of the oil on wood painting. The skull extends to the right where one sees an empty glass on its side resting at an angle to the skull. The glass is reflecting light along its curve but does not give one an actual reflection. Beneath both the skull and glass is a book and a sheaf of papers in a portfolio. The book’s binding is brown and the pages are yellowing, whereas the papers in the moss green portfolio are a contrasting white. The presence of paper fits with the other object in the title the writing quill, whose feather rests on the book and sheaf. The head of the quill points to the right of the painting where it rests on an overturned ink well. In the background of this painting smoke is rising off a recently extinguished oil lamp, partially in

In Atonement, instead of the family’s stability being viewed as a rock like the ideal family, the vase in Atonement maintains peace but creates nothing but chaos and downfall when it is destroyed. When the vase, the family’s heirloom, begins to fall apart, so does the family, until the pieces are so tiny that repair becomes clearly impossible.

The painting depicts a young woman in a pink dress sitting down. The background is very dark but three things can be made out by the viewer. Starting with the ground plane of the painting, an orange carpet can be seen covering the entire floor. It is patterned and contains yellows, greens and blues. The cool toned colours are darker in hue than the warm toned. Secondly, there appears to be a cabinet or a desk lining the wall behind her. The wood of the cabinetry is carved with detailed designs and is made of a dark stained wood. Despite the dark background a single red rose can be seen on top of the cabinetry. The rose looks freshly picked and shows no signs of withering in its petals. It is painted in a muted red colour that allows it to stand out on

The vase up for discussion is a red-figured stamnos depicting Theseus fighting Procrustes while a woman watches the scene. It is attributed to the Copenhagen Painter and is estimated to have been made around 480BC-460BC. It is on display at The British Museum. (Museum number: 1843,1103.58)

Often the culture relied on the blending of old and young. Having the death of a great soldier on one side and the entering of youth on the other, I believe this vase was meant to show a contrast of old and young, and of the death and birth of

There are three different colors on the jar: the natural color of the terracotta, the brown paint and the black paint. Since terracotta is a neutral color it provides an excellent background for the painting. Black is a very dark color and it makes the people and the designs stick out. People use black paint when they want their design to be important. Brown is a neutral color and it is used to show the not so prominent part of the image. The little bit of brown paint shows the ground the people are standing on. It also unifies the other places where it appears. Looking at the top there is a pattern painted with both the black and brown paint to show contrast. After contrast is seen unity is also seen with lines.

Within Ian McEwan’s 2001 novel Atonement, Uncle Clem’s vase occurs at critical moments plays a critical role throughout the plot, helping to depict different forms of love and the class division. It is discovered that Uncle Clem obtained the vase during the First World War when he was given the vase by a thankful occupant of a French town that he had helped to evacuate. We learn that the vase itself is a particularly expensive item and has been passed down onto Cecelia and her family. Therefore it could be interpreted that the vase has a lot of sentimental value to the family and is their ‘keepsake’ in memory of their Uncle Clem. The vase itself helps to show the relationship between both Robbie and Cecelia in a multitude of different ways, for example its shattering and the different types of wild flower arranged within. As well as this the vase also signifies the difference in class within the war and how, no matter your status in a time of crisis everyone is the same, either dead or alive.

To begin, the context of this art work is from Ancient Greece. At first glance there is no specific purpose to this artwork, common people would just look at it and notice a vase; however, the amphora was very typical to the archaic period and existed regularity within Greek society. An amphora is a two handle pot that was typically used to store dry or wet goods, mostly stored wine. Such amphora’s and other storage vases date back to the Neolithic period, but the unique style of this artwork directly relates

The Greek vase shows an importance of Mediterranean art. Also, the Greek vase is the one way to show an importance of ancient Greek culture. The Greek vase has a variety of shapes, meanings, and has a variety of functions. The Mixing Vessel with Herakles and Alkyoneus, made by Kleophrades painter in 480 B.C., it shows the diversity of ancient Greek vase in the shape, function, scenes, materials, and techniques.

Their were multiple different art works that caught my attention at the museum although through the semester it was the Roman chapter that captivated my attention the most hence forth I chose this artwork. Each piece of art present in the museum deserved their own acknowledgment respectively from the gold and marble jewelry present to the large sculptures rich in detail non stood out more to myself than The Indian Triumph of Dionysus.I found this piece of art to be appealing because there are many different people and beings within this piece of work that are well known in ancient Greek and Roman mythology. The entire piece is centered on Dionysus, yet everyone plays an important role in the overall story of the piece. Also, I found it very interesting that someone took a great interest in building a monumental sarcophagus for a man who was known for introducing wine.
As Dionysus and his followers journeyed to the East to introduce wine and culture they were sometimes

The amphora has a figural scene on each of its two faces. These scenes are supplemented by floral patterns above the figural scenes and around the lip of the vase, which are identical on both sides. In this period the vegetation decorating painted vases is becoming stylised and symbolic.

The object that is being analyzed is a sheet of United States Postal Service commemorative postage stamps featuring the musician Roy Acuff. The individual stamp is a square shape with wavy edge, and the artwork depicts a black and white image of Roy Acuff playing the fiddle. In addition, in the upper, left corner the name “Roy Acuff” is printed in red, while in the bottom, right corner the print reads “USA 37.” The whole sheet contains twenty postage stamps (USPS, 2017). These stamps went on sale on September 14, 2003, and 52 million of them were printed. (Smithsonian National Postal Museum, 2003). The design of this postage stamp reflects a style of art that was used on many postage stamps at the time as well as…

As the name suggests the skull instantly draws the eye, the hollow face of the skull is in the center of the oil on wood painting. The skull extends to the right where one sees an empty glass on its side resting at an angle to the skull. The glass is reflecting light along its curve but does not give one an actual reflection. Beneath both the skull and glass is a book and a sheaf of papers in a portfolio. The book’s binding is brown and the pages are yellowing, whereas the papers in the moss green portfolio are a contrasting white. The presence of paper fits with the other object in the title, the writing quill, whose feather rests on the book and sheaf. The head of the quill points to the right of the painting where it rests on an overturned ink

The form of an Amphora is that of a large vase made to carry oil or wine; They are generally a multi-purpose piece, not to be confused with a Krater. It is a decorated piece which served as a reminder to the Greek of their heritage. The beautiful painting on it are known as the Black figures, this was a common art form until it was replaced by the Red figures which were desired more than the black figures the form of the black figures was “drawn on the natural clay of a vase in glossy black pigment” (Britannica). Decorations on the amphora show a man slaying a creature that is half bull and half man. Though the minotaur story is a myth back then it was history for the Greeks and therefore the inclusion of the story onto the amphora can be considered imperial art or a way of recording history in artwork. Similar to oral history where history is passed through stories whereas this is passed through art.