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the-puffinry · 6 months

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made an ancient dog scratch itself. :)

A dog scratching his ear on an Athenian red-figure cup by the Euergides Painter c. 500 BC.

#dogs #sorry for going mad with my new power. can't be helped #ancient greece #vase painting #red-figure painting #looping gif

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lionofchaeronea · 5 months

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The god Dionysos, holding a kantharos (two-handled drinking cup) in his right hand and a grapevine in his left. Side A of an Attic red-figure amphora attributed to the Berlin Painter and dated between 490 and 480 BCE. Found at Vulci; now in the Louvre.

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s-c-r-ee-ch · 2 months

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Apollo and Dionysus at Delphi

Attic vase

Fourth century BC.

The State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg.

Apollo, with a crown of laurel, is welcomed to Delphi by Dionysus, who is bearded and carrying the thyrsus. Between them is a palm tree, a symbol of Apollo and victory, triumph, peace and eternal life. Beneath them is the Delphic omphalos or navel, center of the world. Behind them is a palm tree, and the other figures are maenads and satyrs, followers of Dionysus.

According to the legends, Apollo entrusted Delphi to his brother Dionysus during winters. Hence during the winter season, only dithyrambs were played in the temple Delphi instead of the usual paeans and the Maenads in turn sang in the honor of Apollo as well.

#Apollo #Dionysus #Meanads #Satyrs #vase painting #ancient art #delphi #greek gods #greek mythology @

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my-name-is-apollo · 3 months

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Artemis and Marsyas

She looks like she has already killed him thrice in her mind for insulting her brother 😭😂

Marsyas is holding a skinning knife here and it reminds me of the version where Marsyas himself accepts his defeat and asks Apollo to skin him.

#Artemis #Marsyas #vase painting

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gotstabbedbyapen · 9 months

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See this painting?

You know what it reminds me of?

Ask me no question for I shall give you no answer.

#apollo #hyacinthus #apollo x hyacinthus #hyacinthus x apollo #greek myth memes #memes #meme #spirited away #riding swans #vase painting

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michael-svetbird · 2 months

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HERACLES + WOMAN: Etruscan terracotta janiform Kantharos with the heads of Heracles and a Woman [possibly Athena, Omphale or an Amazon, as IDed by MANF] By the Clusium Group [Etruscan workshop] Ca 300 BC. From Tomb 1029B, the Valle Pega, Chiusi area [near Ferrara], Spina.

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kleioscanvas · 11 months

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A black-figure vase from Lunar-occupied Sartar depicting two rebel leaders surrendering to the Tarshite general Fazzur.

(Inspired by the amazing illustration of the scene by @janpospisilart)

#artists on tumblr #digital art #fantasy #vase painting #bronze age #illustration #glorantha #runequest #fantasy art

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kararadaygum · 1 year

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didoofcarthage · 1 year

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Red-figure amphora with Nike holding a kithara, attributed to the Berlin Painter

Greek (from Attica), Classical Period, 490-460 B.C.

terracotta

Saint Louis Art Museum

#vase painting #amphora #ancient art #archaeology #Berlin Painter #Greek #Ancient Greece #Attica #Classical Period #Classical Greece #terracotta #ceramic #ceramics #red-figure #kithara #Saint Louis Art Museum #SLAM

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sorems-art · 4 months

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Medusa

#medusa #greek myth #greek mythology #snake #ancien greek art #vase painting #ancient greece #ceramic #ceramic design #greek god #greek goddess #scales #ink #lineart

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athenepromachos · 7 months

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😎😎🏛🏺

#nereid #sea goddess #cool #dolphin surfing #ancient greece #ancient greek #vase painting #red figure #greek gods #🐬 🐬#thetis the nereid

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uwmspeccoll · 1 year

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The Berlin Painter

Of all the vase painters of ancient Athens, there is one who continues to captivate all those who witness their works, not only for their splendor and skill, but also for their mystery. The identity of the artist dubbed the Berlin Painter is something we may never know. Although over 200 pieces have been identified as being painted by this individual, none of them hold the name of the artist. This is highly unusual, since by the time of the early 5th century BCE, the period when the Berlin Painter’s vases are dated, both master potters and painters would commonly place their names on their favored works.

The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C. edited by J. Michael Padgett, Curator of Ancient Art at the Princeton University Art Museum, and published by the Museum in 2017 on the occasion of exhibitions of the same name at the Princeton University Art Museum and the Toledo Museum of Art, is the definitive work on this ancient Greek artist, and includes an updated catalogue raisonné, With contributions by several leading scholars, the work seeks to rebuild the ancient city of Athens though the ceramic remains by artists such as the Berlin Painter.

The highly decorated pottery of ancient Athens allows us to see the wide spread of influences this culture had on both the Mediterranean world and Central Europe. While beloved by those in the Hellenic world, others imported the pottery, as luxury items and elaborate symbols of wealth. The Etruscans from the Italian peninsula regularly furnished their tombs with kraters, wine mixing vessels, and the Celts of modern-day France and Germany would regularly feast using the Athenian pottery. Though lacking the fast-traveling methods available today, the broad distance where Athenian pottery can be found demonstrates that the cultures of the Mediterranean and Europe were closely connected.

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#Decorative Sunday #decorative arts #decorative plates #The Berlin Painter #Athens #ancient Athens #Ancient Greece #classical greece #vases #vase painting #5th century BCE #The Berlin Painter and His World #J. Michael Padgett #Princeton University Art Museum #Greek art #LauraJean

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lionofchaeronea · 4 months

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A woman plays the aulos (a double-reeded wind instrument, often played at symposia and other festive occasions in the ancient Greek world). Attic red-figure lekythos (oil jar), attributed to the Brygos Painter; ca. 480 BCE. Now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

#classics #tagamemnon #Ancient Greece #art #art history #ancient art #Greek art #Ancient Greek art #vase painting #red-figure #lekythos #Brygos Painter #Metropolitan Museum of Art

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romegreeceart · 1 year

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