Lines of varying width frame the different scenes, and small symbols are both within the lines and in the empty space. The sections of line and pattern are arranged into registers up the entire krater. Not only are the scenes framed, but the individual humans are surrounded by dots and dashes. These figures are highly stylized, and simplified down to the most basic geometric shapes. The very dark base of the krater and the iconographic painting as a whole is a stark contrast with the paleness of the ceramic. There is no use of perspective in the piece, and no indication that the figures live in a three dimensional world. Depth is not represented anywhere in the
Lines of varying width frame the different scenes, and small symbols are both within the lines and in the empty space. The sections of line and pattern are arranged into registers up the entire krater. Not only are the scenes framed, but the individual humans are surrounded by dots and dashes. These figures are highly stylized, and simplified down to the most basic geometric shapes. The very dark base of the krater and the iconographic painting as a whole is a stark contrast with the paleness of the ceramic. There is no use of perspective in the piece, and no indication that the figures live in a three dimensional world. Depth is not represented anywhere in the