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Terracotta Hydria 2
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SKU
WMET0023
Our Inspiration: Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Greek, Attic; attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece)
Terracotta; red-figure; ca. 450 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1907 07.286.84
The ancient Greeks almost never depicted contemporary or historical events in art. Thus, while literary works of the 5th B.C. make clear that the Greeks understood the magnitude of their victory in the Persian Wars, there was no concern among artists to illustrate major events or personalities. Instead, their preference was for grand mythological battles between Greeks and eastern adversaries, notably Amazons. The Amazons were a mythical race of warrior women whose homeland lay far to the east and north.
Our Inspiration: Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water)
Greek, Attic; attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece)
Terracotta; red-figure; ca. 450 BCE
Rogers Fund, 1907 07.286.84
The ancient Greeks almost never depicted contemporary or historical events in art. Thus, while literary works of the 5th B.C. make clear that the Greeks understood the magnitude of their victory in the Persian Wars, there was no concern among artists to illustrate major events or personalities. Instead, their preference was for grand mythological battles between Greeks and eastern adversaries, notably Amazons. The Amazons were a mythical race of warrior women whose homeland lay far to the east and north.
Other Items in Series
Terracotta Hydria 1
Size: 30"w x 38"h