NAME: Achilles painter LekythosMADE: 450-440BCSIZE: 38cmPOTTER: not knownPAINTER: The Achilles painter WE DON’T KNOW THE ACTUAL PAINTERS
NAME, because he never signed his work, he was a student of the Berlin painter, many other white ground techniques are attributed to the Achilles painter.
SHAPE
VASE SHAPE: LekythosUSE: for funeral settings where oil is
stored and perfumeWHY IS IT DIFFERENT TO OTHER
LEKYTHOS? This Lekythos is unique in terms of its
shape, the belly is thinner than other Lekythos
WHY IS THIS VASE SHAPE PERFECT FOR ITS USE?
This vase shape is perfect for oil because it takes up little space and fills the vases belly
INSCRIPTIONS
WHAT TYPE OF INSCRIPTION IS THIS? It is grafitti, a Kalos inscription
WHAT DOES IT SAY? Axiophates, the son of Alkimachos, is handsome
WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE INSCRIPTION AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE SCENE? It was just a common way of graffiti with no relation to the scene or use.
THE SCENEA Non-funerary scene, of a Woman and herMaidservant. Most likely visiting a tomb ???ON THE SHOLDER: A schematic Palmette
patternTOP OF BELLY: above the scene is the Stopped
Meander border.FROM LEFT: Maid servant holding grey
painted casketTO RIGHT: Woman directing her servant
MAIDSERVANT
Located left on the vase, standing in profileHolding a grey casket and offering it to her
mistressThe servants hair is styled the same way as her
mistress.Clothing- Tunic has disappeared, the glazed
outline is what is left. It looks like she's wearing a transparent dress.
Her face is elegant and calm, reflective of her mistress.
WOMANLocated to the right of the vase, stands with feetfrontal but looking at the maidservant(foreshortening) Directing her maid with a raised right hand.Hair is curled on top with a few curls on her
forehead.She is wearing a Yellow Chiton and reddish-
brown Himation over the top.Her face is Calm and elegant, expressionless.
PAINTING TECHNIQUEWhite Ground. A majority of this technique wasUsed for funerary vases. INFLUENCE: Athenian potters experimenting with
natural red clay that turned white when burned and were limited to funerary uses only.
Kaolin, the white slip painted over the clayThe outline of the figures was painted in honey colored
dilute before firingBrighter colors that were used on clothing was added
after the firing, therefore it wasn’t very durable hence the disappearance of the servant maids Chiton.
COLORS: Mauve, green, pink
PAINTING STYLE BORDERS: Stopped Meander(above scene) and Schematic
Palmette chain, Tongue pattern EYES: are in profile, looking where their heads are turned. NECK: they have long necks GESTURES: they make few gestures with hands, woman directing
maid offering. FACES: are elegant with long noses, faces are sculptured. FIGURES: appear more realistic and slender as a woman should
look. INSPIRATION: They appear godlike and removed from the
human world, their own kind. FORESHORTENING: feet frontal DRAPERY: is very plain besides the bold colors of the womans
clothing, less detailed
COMPARISON SHAPE: Similar although the other vase has a handle at the
base of the shoulder and the Lekythos doesn’t. The Lekythos also has a thinner shape.
INSCRIPTIONS: Similar in a rectangle format above the central scene, also a Kalos- love inscription with no relation to the scene
SCENE: Of two woman on one vase, doing different duties. Playing music or serving a mistress.
PAINTING TECH: White Ground and red figure. Same borders the stopped Meander and Palmette Chain and Tongue pattern
STYLE: Profile, realistic, props in the background bird or Lekythos and mantle on the wall to demonstrate that the scene in the Lekythos is indoors.
OTHER DETAILS: These characteristics are how painters are identified by the similarities especially seen in funerary Lekythoi vases.
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