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Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron and Son

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Seán Hemingway, curator, Department of Greek and Roman Art, discusses early twentieth-century reproductions of works from Sir Arthur Evans's historic excavations of Minoan Crete and Heinrich Schliemann's Mycenaean Greece.

This lecture was recorded on September 9, 2011, in conjunction with the exhibition Historic Images of the Greek Bronze Age: The Reproductions of E. Gilliéron & Son, on view May 17, 2011, through June 17, 2012.

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Period:
Hellenistic
Date:
3rd–2nd century B.C.
Culture:
Greek, Sicilian, Centuripe
Medium:
Terracotta
Dimensions:
H. 15 1/2 in. (39.4 cm)
Classification:
Vases
Credit Line:
Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1953
Accession Number:
53.11.5

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  • Description

    Four women

    A fundamental feature of Greek ceramics and their offshoots is that they could be used. By contrast, this vase, with its lid fixed onto the body, serves a purely symbolic function. It belongs to a class of pieces associated with the site of Centuripe in Sicily. They are characterized by elaborate and delicate applied decoration and by refined polychromy executed after firing. The scene shows a bride surrounded by attendants. The vase was made for the tomb.

  • References

    Trendall, A.D. 1955. "A New Polychrome Vase from Centuripe." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 13(5): p. 162, Bulletin Cover.

    Bothmer, Dietrich von. 1972. "Greek Vase Painting: An Introduction." The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin 31(1): no. 29, pp. 8, 66, 68.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art. 1987. Greece and Rome. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, no. 63, pp. 84-85.

    Lyons, C., M. Bennett, and C. Marconi, eds. 2013. Sicily: Art and Invention between Greece and Rome. Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, pp. 6-7, fig. 4.

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