Krater

The first object that I chose is the “Attic Red-Figure Column Krater” which was found in Athens, Greece. This Greek artifact was made in the Classical Period around 480 BCE. This object is roughly a foot tall and 3/4ths of a foot wide. The object itself is a Greek vase that widens as it nears the top. It has two handles on either side placed at the top of the vase where the bottom ends of the handles stop just before the vase bows out. The vase itself is black, but the etching and design…

of Demeter- was kidnapped by Hades and taken to the underworld; Demeter, after losing her daughter went into a despair killing all the crops. Zeus eventually intervened demanding that for half the year Persephone be released to her mother. On the Krater Persephone is being reunited with her mother, lead by Hermes and Hekate. Red-figure is a technique that the Athenians invented around 530 B.C.E. Black-figure technique, where the background remains the red clay color while the figures are painted…

The Lamentation of Christ in a Cartouche with Flowers is framed within a cartouche which has a garland of flowers draped around the it and image. The scene of actual lamentation is in the center of the painting depicting a group of cherubs removing the shroud from the body of Christ revealing it the Virgin Mary, who is wearing blue and red drapery with a grey vail. Mary clutches her heart, which has been allegorically pierced by a sword as cherubs look upon her and the body of Christ each…

In antiquity, the gods appeared on pottery to tell a story. A specific piece is a krater which depicts Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe. In Greek mythology, Artemis and Apollo were twin gods. Artemis was the goddess of the Hunt, nature, and the moon. Apollo was the god of the Sun, music, and truth. Niobe was the daughter…

Myth uses the medium of a story to describe the activities of the gods and larger than life humans, emphasising interpersonal relationships. These stories were neither singular nor static but evolved with different versions and were manipulated to highlight different values and ideologies. I agree with the statement and will argue that the myths of Hippolytus and the foundation myths of Roman were used by ancient societies to bind its members into a cohesive unit. This essay will explore the…

1.1 The key political differences between Greek city-states and the Persian Empire were as follows; the Greek cities govern themselves and had different ideas as how they treated the people within their own city. For example, the Sparta was ruled by two hereditary kings in conjunction with elected board of advisors. Corinth was governed by a mercantile oligarchy, and Athens by constitutional democracy. Whereas the Persian encompassed disparate cultures and people. The Persians allowed…

existence, exactly as human bodies can" (p. 119). Sacrifices are also involved but the sacrifice isn't concerned with animals but with the initiate himself. In Zosimos' Visions, Zosimos falls asleep and dreams that he walks seven steps that leads to the krater or altar shaped bowl with boiling…

Tom Standage, the author of A History of the World in Six Glasses. Standage purpose of this book is to prove that civilization and globalization came about due to six different drinks: beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and cola. Each drink acted as a spark to a new era of technology and advancement. At the start of the Neolithic revolution the only available drink was water, typically contaminated with many waterborne diseases. Around 9,000 BCE beer was first discovered by the spread of wild…

also stay with their culture’s fundamentals very well and they call that to “ARETE” it mean reaching full potential and brilliance in their work. As we said they were very into poetry. Greeks were so smart that they showed their art and poetry on kraters, Vases, and vessels so it’s visual and practical both purpose get served. They ported Helios, the sun god, from the 5th century B.C.E., “Corinthian black-figure amphora with animal friezes, from Rhodes, Greece, ca. 625–600 BCE. 1’ 2” this…

Once upon a time on a sunny day of October 16th Stalin and his younger brother decided to go to one of the most awesome museums known by them. These brothers had a passion for bikes so got out their house around nine in the morning and rode all the way up to Newark Penn Station. Then they took the Path, mentioned way of mobilization would take them up to 33th St but the unexpected happened. Due to maintenance problems the only Path going to New York City was going up to World Trade Center. They…