Aktaion was a hunter and the goddess of the hunt killed.
Artemis attic red figure vase.
Diameter 2 5 8 in.
Obverse apollo and artemis flanking an altar reverse athlete and trainer the eucharides painter worked in the black figure as well as the red figure technique.
Artemis facing him wears.
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Apollo is a long haired youth who stands playing a lyre.
Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
Many questions have been asked about the meaning of this image.
Attic red figure vase painters vols.
It shows the goddess pouring a libation for a faun.
Artemis shooting an arrow at aktaion who has fallen to the ground attacked by his hunting dogs.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding.
The main side of the vase shows eleven figures placed at different levels.
Circa 520 bc the red figure technique was developed and was gradually introduced in the form of the bilingual vase by the andokides painter oltos and psiax.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
Name vase of the pan painter.
Artemis aims her bow at the hunter actaeon who is savaged by his hounds.
He falls to his knees with his head.
It is noteworthy that here he decorates the type of amphora that was typical before the invention of red figure.
This design is inspired by the 5th c bce attic red figure lekythos by the oreithyia painter.
Red figure quickly eclipsed black figure yet in the unique form of the panathanaic amphora black figure continued to be utilised well into the 4th century bc.
Catalogue raisonné caskey beazley attic vase paintings mfa no.
As restored 6 7 8 in.
Greek mythology galleries greek vase paintings 7 t14 6 t14 6 leto apollo artemis.
Only two of them are recognizable.
Description two sided red figure bell krater used for mixing wine and water.
Around them several warriors are represented in varying poses.
He is portrayed as a beardless youth wearing a chlamys cloak and a sheathed sword at his side.
It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.