Detail View: The AMICA Library: Dipylon Amphora
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AMICA ID:
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CMA_.1927.6
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AMICA Library Year:
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2001
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Object Type:
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Creator Name:
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Athens 894
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Creator Nationality:
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Greek
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Creator Role:
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artist
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Creator Dates/Places:
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1887 - 1980
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Gender:
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M
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Workshop of Athens 894
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Title:
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Dipylon Amphora
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Title Type:
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Primary
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View:
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Full View
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Creation Date:
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8th Century BC
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Creation Start Date:
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-720
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Creation End Date:
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-710
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Materials and Techniques:
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painted terracotta
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Classification Term:
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Ceramic
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Dimensions:
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Overall: 60cm
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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ID Number:
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1927.6
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Credit Line:
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Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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Rights:
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Context:
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The largest find of Geometric Period vases was at the Dipylon Cemetery in Athens. Apparently these vessels has a funerary use, perhaps as ossuaries. Their style is called Geometric because all designs--even animals and people--are deliberately reduced to flat geometric forms and linear motifs depicting only the essentials.Neck, Side A: Funeral Couch Side B: Procession of mourning womenBody, Top Register: Seven chariots Lower Register: Hounds pursuing a hare
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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CMA_.1927.6.tif
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