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#AN ATTIC BLACK-FIGURED NECK-AMPHORA AND LID

womeninancientgreekandrome21 · 3 years

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Terracotta Neck Amphora, jar to be known with a lid and nob, c.540 BC

The artists is to be known as Exekias, and used the Black figure artwork.

A rare accusation of seeing women at a chariot race, and or preparing the horses and the rider for the race.

Attributed to Exekias | Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16) | Greek, Attic | Archaic | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

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achillesshield · 7 years

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Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16)

Attributed to Exekias

Period:Archaic

Date:ca. 540 B.C.

Culture:Greek, Attic

Medium:Terracotta; black-figure

Dimensions:H. 18 1/2 in. (47 cm) diameter 9 3/4 in. (24.8 cm)

Classification:Vases

Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1917

Accession Number:17.230.14a, b

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 155

On the body, obverse and reverse, man and woman in chariot accompanied by woman and kithara player

On the shoulder, combat of foot soldiers and horsemen Black-figure was a cumbersome, restricted, and quite artificial technique. The vases in this room testify to the variety of effect and the forcefulness of expression that is nonetheless permitted.

Probably the greatest single black-figure artist was Exekias, who was both potter and painter.

Although the essential ingredients of this work are traditional, its particular character is evident in the robust shape, the extraordinary precision and vitality in the figures and ornament, and the perfect relation of the decorative elements to the body beneath.

Terracotta neck-amphora (jar) with lid and knob (27.16) (via The Met)

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marionette1212 · 7 years

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