krater

Examples of krater in the following topics:

• Pottery in the Greek Geometric Period

  • Kraters marked male graves, while amphorae marked female graves.
  • Both the Diplyon Krater and Dipylon Amphora demonstrate the main characteristics of painting during this time.
  • On the lip of the krater and on many registers of the amphora, is a decorative meander.
  • On the Dipylon Krater, two registers depict a processional scene, an ekphora, (the transportation of the body to the cemetery) and the prothesis .
  • Geometric Krater.

• Ceramics in the Greek Archaic Period

  • One of the most famous early Athenian black-figure pots is a large volute krater by the potter Ergotimos and the painter Kleitias, known as the François Vase.
  • The krater, named for the man who discovered it in the nineteenth century, depicts 270 figures on the six registers that wrap around the krater.
  • Unlike the monumental vases of the Geometric period, this krater stands at 66 cm (2.17 feet) tall.
  • Athenian Red-figure calyx krater.
  • Athenian black-figure volute krater.

• Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • The Niobid Painter's red-figure krater of Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe, from 460 BCE, is believed to be a composition inspired by a panel painting.
  • Athenian red-figure calyx krater. c. 450 BCE.
  • Reverse side of the krater depicting Artemis and Apollo slaying the children of Niobe.
  • Athenian red figure calyx krater. c. 450 BCE.
  • Attic red-figure bell krater. c. 500-490 BCE.

• Mycenaean Ceramics

  • The most popular types of vessels included kraters, large open mouth jars to mix wine and water, pitches, and stirrup jars, which are so named for the handles that came above the top of the vessel.
  • The Warrior Vase (c. 12oo BCE) is a bell krater the depicts a woman bidding farewell to a group of warriors.
  • Describe the figurines, rhytons, kraters and other ceramic objects made by the Mycenaeans.

• Stelae in the Greek High Classical Period

  • The stelae of ancient Greece replaced the funerary markers of the geometric kraters and amphorae and Archaic kouroi and korai in the Classical period.

• Etruscan Ceramics

• Sculpture in the Greek Archaic Period

  • Most statues were commissioned as memorials and votive offerings or as grave markers, replacing the vast amphora (two-handled, narrow-necked jars used for wine and oils) and kraters (wide-mouthed vessels) of the previous periods, yet still typically painted in vivid colors.

• The Ancient Greek Gods and Their Temples

  • Attic red-figure bell krater.