hermes white ground lekythos

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hermes white ground lekythos*******White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC. It was especially associated with vases made for ritual and funerary use, if only because the painted surface was more fragile than in the other main techniques of black-figure and red-figure vase painting. .

Pottery: White-ground lekythos. Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing dead warrior to tomb. The tomb is in the form of a plain stele on a double plinth, decorated with numerous taeniae, and surmounted by a .

Known as "white-ground" because of the white clay slip applied as a surface for figural decoration, vases of this type give some idea of the appearance of lost ancient large .Pottery: White-ground lekythos (oil-flask). Offerings at a tomb. In the centre is a broad shaft on a double plinth, surmounted by a double moulding, from the centre of which rises a small tapering stele with a .This is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on Attic white lekythoi. These funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves, have long been appreciated for their beautiful .

Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Artist: Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter. Period: Classical. Date: ca. 450 BCE. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Terracotta; white-ground. Dimensions: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 .

hermes white ground lekythos hermes lekythosThe scene on the lekythos depicts an unusual funerary offering, unprecedented in white-ground decoration. The colour scheme and iconography allude to the style of the famed Achilles Painter of the late .Hermes Psychopompus (Guide of Souls) sits on a rock preparing to lead the shade of a woman to the underworld. He hold's a herald's wand (kerykeion) in his hand.Hermes Psychopomp (Guide of the Dead) leads the shade of a youth to the skiff of Charon. The ferryman stands in his boat leaning on a pole. He wears a red chiton and conical workman's cap.

hermes lekythosAttic white ground lekythos, c. 490 BC, Achilles dragging the body of Hector. The lekythos was used for anointing unmarried women's dead bodies, and many lekythoi are found in tombs. The images on lekythoi were often depictions of daily activities or rituals.White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC.Pottery: White-ground lekythos. Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing dead warrior to tomb. The tomb is in the form of a plain stele on a double plinth, decorated with numerous taeniae, and surmounted by a double projecting moulding.Known as "white-ground" because of the white clay slip applied as a surface for figural decoration, vases of this type give some idea of the appearance of lost ancient large-scale wall paintings.Pottery: White-ground lekythos (oil-flask). Offerings at a tomb. In the centre is a broad shaft on a double plinth, surmounted by a double moulding, from the centre of which rises a small tapering stele with a triangular top. Both shaft and stele are encircled with taeniae.This is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on Attic white lekythoi. These funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves, have long been appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images that evoke the style of lost classical wall and mural paintings.Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Artist: Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter. Period: Classical. Date: ca. 450 BCE. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Terracotta; white-ground. Dimensions: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm) Classification: Vases. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921. Accession Number: 21.88.17The scene on the lekythos depicts an unusual funerary offering, unprecedented in white-ground decoration. The colour scheme and iconography allude to the style of the famed Achilles Painter of the late fifth-century bc , but this attribution presents problems.Hermes Psychopompus (Guide of Souls) sits on a rock preparing to lead the shade of a woman to the underworld. He hold's a herald's wand (kerykeion) in his hand.Hermes Psychopomp (Guide of the Dead) leads the shade of a youth to the skiff of Charon. The ferryman stands in his boat leaning on a pole. He wears a red chiton and conical workman's cap.Attic white ground lekythos, c. 490 BC, Achilles dragging the body of Hector. The lekythos was used for anointing unmarried women's dead bodies, and many lekythoi are found in tombs. The images on lekythoi were often depictions of daily activities or rituals.

White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC.Pottery: White-ground lekythos. Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing dead warrior to tomb. The tomb is in the form of a plain stele on a double plinth, decorated with numerous taeniae, and surmounted by a double projecting moulding.Known as "white-ground" because of the white clay slip applied as a surface for figural decoration, vases of this type give some idea of the appearance of lost ancient large-scale wall paintings.Pottery: White-ground lekythos (oil-flask). Offerings at a tomb. In the centre is a broad shaft on a double plinth, surmounted by a double moulding, from the centre of which rises a small tapering stele with a triangular top. Both shaft and stele are encircled with taeniae.

hermes white ground lekythosThis is the first in-depth study of the pictures found on Attic white lekythoi. These funerary vases, placed in and on Athenian graves, have long been appreciated for their beautiful polychrome images that evoke the style of lost classical wall and mural paintings.Title: Terracotta lekythos (oil flask) Artist: Attributed to the Sabouroff Painter. Period: Classical. Date: ca. 450 BCE. Culture: Greek, Attic. Medium: Terracotta; white-ground. Dimensions: H. 12 7/16 in. (31.6 cm) Classification: Vases. Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1921. Accession Number: 21.88.17

The scene on the lekythos depicts an unusual funerary offering, unprecedented in white-ground decoration. The colour scheme and iconography allude to the style of the famed Achilles Painter of the late fifth-century bc , but this attribution presents problems.

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