Terracotta Lekythos: Helios (the Sun) rises in his quadriga; above, Nyx (Night) driving away to the left and Eos (the goddess of dawn) to the right; Herakles offering sacrifice at altar. Attributed to...
Books / The Archaeological Museum of Thebes: Female figure with snakes (Medea?) from a black-figure lekythos, from Ritsona. (510-500) Picture from the online catalogue of the museum; The...
A scene of dexiosis (shaking of hands), in which a deceased man bids farewell to a living member of his family. Attic white-ground red-figure lekythos, artist unknown; late 5th cent. BCE. Now in the...
Books / The Archaeological Museum of Thebes: Α black figure lekythos depicting women socializing at a fountain. (500-490 B.C). Picture from the online catalogue of the museum; The Archaeological...
Urfa man, known formally as the Balikligöl statue, is the oldest human-size statue of a man discovered in the world to date. He is currently housed in Şanliurfa’s Archeology Museum, Southeast Turkey. Urfa man was discovered in the Old Town section of Şanliurfa, but in antiquity belongs to the same thought world of Göbekli Tepe, a site half an hour away from the museum by car.
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First, I want to thank for such a great and important post! These remarkable statues with over-seized eyes raise some very intriguing questions? Why have no similar eye idols been found in any othe…
Born in in Santiago de Compostella (Spain) and influenced by the Celtic Origins of her village, the bronze works of Isabel Miramontes have both a primitive and essential quality to them. Her recognizable androgynous figures express a narrative of quiet certitude and the inevitable struggle of everyday man, his obstacles and triumphs.
The following are images of Greek mythology that should give you a glimpse into the art of the time period.
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vers 550 av. J.-C., Céramique à figures noires, Provenance : Vulci, Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
This deep cup is decorated with two extraordinary scenes hard to interpret. On this side a bearded, naked satyr pushing a girl sitting on a swing. This swing is made of a stool hung by red ropes on an object outside the picture frame — probably on a branch since the rich plant ornamentation near the handle alludes to the fact that this scene takes place outdoors. The girl, whose hair hangs down in long curls, wears a wide undergarment and a cloak which is wrapped around the lower part of her body, both billowing in the breeze. An inscription at the border of the vessel can be understood as a shout of encouragement by the satyr rather like ‘swing high, my beauty’. But what is depicted here is no innocent child’s game. The swinging of girls was part of a religious festival called the Aiora that was established to commemorate the suicide of Erigone. Bowed down with grief at the violent death of her father, the Attic hero Ikarios, Erigone had hanged herself. Ikarios had been instructed in the production of wine by Dionysos and he had given some of this new drink to try to some farmers in his neighborhood. When they — greatly inebriated by the wine — fell over as if dead, their relatives killed Ikarios in the belief that he had poisoned them. But according to evidence from other vase paintings, the swinging was also a metaphor for the sexual act. It was part of the rites which prepared a girl of marriageable age for betrothal. Other evidence for a ritual context is the garland decorated with ribbons which the satyr wears on his head. Inscriptions. Above the satyr: Ε(υ)α[ν](θ)εια; bove the girl: [κ]αλη{2}. Attic red-figured skyphos Attributed to The Penelope Painter 450-400 BC From Chiusi, Italy Berlin Altes Museum
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Virgin Mary of Petra
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