Crátera con volutas con batallas entre griegos y amazonas, y entre centauros y lapitas

Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 153

Aunque las obras literarias del siglo V a. C. documentan que los griegos comprendieron la magnitud de su victoria en las Guerras Persas (490–479 a. C.), los artistas griegos casi nunca representaron sucesos o personajes históricos y prefirieron escenas de batallas mitológicas entre griegos y adversarios venidos del Este, sobre todo las amazonas (mujeres guerreras míticas). Durante la primera mitad del siglo V a. C., pinturas murales a gran escala de estas batallas decoraban el Teseión y la Stoa Poikilé (pórtico pintado) en Atenas. La influencia de esas desaparecidas pinturas murales se refleja en las escenas de esta crátera con volutas (vasija que servía para mezclar agua y vino).

Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece), Terracotta, Greek, Attic
Terracotta volute-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water), Attributed to the Painter of the Woolly Satyrs (namepiece), Terracotta, Greek, Attic

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