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Cratère à volutes décoré de scènes de batailles entre Grecs et Amazones, et entre Centaures et Lapithes

ca. 450 BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153
La littérature du Ve siècle av. J.-C. démontre que les Grecs comprenaient l’ampleur de leur victoire au terme des guerres contre les Perses (490 – 479 av. J.-C.), mais rares sont les artistes grecs qui ont représenté des événements ou des personnages historiques. La préférence allait aux grandes batailles mythologiques entre les Grecs et des adversaires orientaux, notamment les Amazones, ces guerrières de la mythologie. Pendant la première moitié du Ve siècle av. J.-C., le theseion (temple de Thésée) et le stoa poikile (portique peint) d’Athènes avaient été décorés de vastes peintures murales représentant précisément ce genre de conflits. L’influence de ces œuvres se distingue dans les scènes qui ornent ce cratère à volutes (vase destiné au mélange du vin et de l’eau).

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: Cratère à volutes décoré de scènes de batailles entre Grecs et Amazones, et entre Centaures et Lapithes
  • Artiste: Attribué au peintre des satyres laineux
  • Date: v. 450 av. J.-C.
  • Culture: Grec, Attique
  • Technique: Terre cuite
  • Dimensions: H. 63,5 cm
  • Crédits: Fonds Rogers, 1907
  • Accession Number: 07.286.84
  • Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art

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