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

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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Terracotta amphora (jar)

Attributed to the Syracuse Painter

Period:: Classical
Date:: ca. 470–460 B.C.
Culture:: Greek, Attic
Medium:: Terracotta; red-figure
Dimensions:: H. 19 7/16 in. (49.4 cm)
Classification:: Vases
Credit Line:: Rogers Fund, 1906
Accession Number:: 06.1021.151

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 171

Description

Obverse, Dionysos and satyr
Reverse, Poseidon and Nike

Among the artists active during the second quarter of the fifth century B.C., the Syracuse Painter was one of the last to decorate an amphora, a shape that had declined in popularity. The mouth of this example is exceptional for its slightly convex surface.
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Who
Syracuse Painter (2)
What
Clay (23,649)

Vessels (21,921)

Vases (8,895)

Terracotta (8,373)

Amphorae (573)

Continuous curve amphorae (35)

Amphorae type A (7)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Greece (6,287)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Greek and Roman Art (17,329)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Ancient Greece, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.

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