Visual sources Flashcards
(25 cards)
‘Women of the Thesmophoria’ date and artist
380-370 BC (decades after original production), Schiller Painter
‘Women of the Thesmophoria’ vase type
Red figure bell krater
Significance of the ‘Women of the Thesmophoria’
Was found outside of Athens in Italy, indicating a wider knowledge of Aristophanes’ (and Euripides’) plays.
‘Cherion vase’ date and artist
380-370, McDaniel Painter
‘Cherion vase’ significance
A vase from southern italy depicting a scene from a comedy
What type of vase is the ‘Cherion vase’?
Calyx krater
‘Meadea’s escape’ date and artist
Policoro painter, around 400BC
Significance of the ‘Medea’s escape’ vase
Southern italian vase, Depicts the use of the crane (mechane) and the wheel platform
What type of vase is ‘Medea’s escape’
a red figure calyx krater.
What type of vase is the ‘Choregos’ vase
a Volute Krater
‘Choregos vase’ artist and date
Choregos painter, 400-390
Choregos vase significance
a Southern Italian vase which shows both tragic and comic actors
Basel dancers significance
a painting which seems to show a tragic chorus in action
Basel dancers date
500 - 490, early tragic chorus- not useful for later tragedy
Costume on the Basel dancers vase
identical costumes- breastplate, short tunic, bodysuits, head diadems, no shoes- appear militant
What is the (l) item - basel dancers
An altar to Dionysus - matching head diadems
a tomb, could be a ghost rising, a chorus raising arms in lamentation
What type of vase is the Basel dancers
a column krater - mizing wine and water
Maenad vase significance
Maenead vase date and artist
Dinos painter, 430-420
Perseus dance vase date
420-410
Persues dance vase significance
The only attic vase to show a stage, the only Greek vase to portray a theatre audience
Who might the audience members be
Dionysus and aridane, playwright (pen), and choregos
What type of vase is the perseus dance vase
a red figure chous
What type of vase is the bird chorus
Black figure chous
