The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (C. 630–570 Bce) Ii Foreword
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foreword i The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630–570 bce) ii foreword Monumenta Graeca et Romana Editor-in-Chief John M. Fossey FRSC (McGill University & Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) Associate Editor Angelo Geissen (University of Cologne) Advisory Board Christiane Delplace (CNRS, France) Christine Kondoleon (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston) Nota Kourou (University of Athens) Gullög Christine Nordquist (University of Uppsala) Michael Vickers (University of Oxford) VOLUME 17 foreword iii The Early Black-Figured Pottery of Attika in Context (c. 630–570 bce) By Alexandra Alexandridou DPhil LEIDEN • BOSTON 2011 iv foreword Cover illustration: Detail of the Nessos amphora, Athens, National Museum, 1002. Courtesy National Museum of Athens. See also pages 49–50, 150 (Athens 801), and Fig. 32 in this volume. This book is printed on acid-free paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Alexandridou, Alexandra-Fani, 1980- The early black-figured pottery of Attika in context (ca. 630-570 BCE) / by Alexandra Alexandridou. p. cm. — (Monumenta Graeca et Romana, ISSN 0169-8850 ; v. 17) Includes bibliographical references and indexes. ISBN 978-90-04-18604-0 (hbk. : alk. paper) 1. Pottery, Greek—Greece—Attike. 2. Vases, Black-figured—Greece—Attike. 3. Pottery, Greek—Greece— Attike—Themes, motives. 4. Vase-painting, Greek—Greece—Attike. 5. Attike (Greece—Antiquities. 6. Attike (Greece—Social life and customs. 7. Attike (Greece—Commerce. I. Title. II. Series. NK4648.A47 2010 738.30938’5—dc22 2010044681 ISSN 0169-8850 ISBN 978 90 04 18604 0 Copyright 2011 by Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands. Koninklijke Brill NV incorporates the imprints Brill, Hotei Publishing, IDC Publishers, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers and VSP. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without prior written permission from the publisher. Authorization to photocopy items for internal or personal use is granted by Koninklijke Brill NV provided that the appropriate fees are paid directly to The Copyright Clearance Center, 222 Rosewood Drive, Suite 910, Danvers, MA 01923, USA. Fees are subject to change. contents v CONTENTS Acknowledgments . ix List of Illustrations . xi Bibliography . xiii Abbreviations . xli Chapter One: Introduction – History of Research of Attic Black-Figure . 1 Chapter Two: Attic Early Black-Figured Shapes . 7 Mixing Vessels . 7 Skyphos-krater . 7 Egg-shaped krater . 9 Column-krater . 9 Lebes . 11 Pouring Vessels . 12 Louterion . 12 Oinokhoe and Olpe . 14 Drinking Vessels . 15 Skyphos . 15 Cup . 16 Kantharos . 17 Chalice . 19 Transport Vessels . 19 Amphora . 19 Hydria . 22 Loutrophoros . 24 Lekane and Lekanis . 26 Plate . 27 Oil, Perfume and Cosmetic Containers . 27 Lekythos . 27 Aryballos . 28 Exaleiptron . 29 Amphoriskos . 30 Pyxis . 31 Conclusions . 32 Attic “Korinthianising” Shapes and the Symposion . 32 Illuminating Attic burial customs: Early black-figured shapes and offering trenches . 34 Chapter Three: Attic Early Black-Figure Painters . 39 The earliest generation of black-figure painters . 39 The early sixth century . 41 Mobility of potters and painters . 46 vi contents Chapter Four: Attic Early Black-Figure Iconography . 49 Heroes . 49 Herakles . 49 Perseus . 52 Bellerophon . 53 Meleager . 54 Trojan Cycle . 55 Peleus and Thetis . 55 The Judgement of Paris . 56 Akhilleus receiving armour from Thetis . 57 Funeral Games for Patroklos . 58 Departure of Antilokhos or of Amphiaraos . 59 Warriors’ Duels . 60 Deities . ..