LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: Ajax

Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title) Attributed to the, Leagros Group (Manufacturer) Date: ca. 510 BC Culture: Greek (Attic) Category: Ceramics Containers-Vessels Medium: terracotta Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 × 10 in. (41.28 × 25.4 cm) Object Number: 60.10 Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-142723072

Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title) Attributed to the, Leagros Group (Manufacturer) Date: ca. 510 BC Culture: Greek (Attic) Category: Ceramics Containers-Vessels Medium: terracotta Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 × 10 in. (41.28 × 25.4 cm) Object Number: 60.10 Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-142723072

Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title) Attributed to the, Leagros Group (Manufacturer) Date: ca. 510 BC Culture: Greek (Attic) Category: Ceramics Containers-Vessels Medium: terracotta Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 × 10 in. (41.28 × 25.4 cm) Object Number: 60.10 Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-142723072

Black-Figure Neck-Amphora (Storage Vessel) (Primary Title) Attributed to the, Leagros Group (Manufacturer) Date: ca. 510 BC Culture: Greek (Attic) Category: Ceramics Containers-Vessels Medium: terracotta Collection: Ancient Art Dimensions: Overall: 16 1/4 × 10 in. (41.28 × 25.4 cm) Object Number: 60.10 Text from: www.vmfa.museum/piction/6027262-142723072

Title: Terracotta pelike (wine jar) Medium; Technique: Terracotta; black-figure Culture: Greek, Attic Period: Archaic Date: ca. 520 B.C. Artist or Maker: Attributed to the Plousios Painter Dimensions: H. 12 1/16 in. (30.7 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Walter Bareiss, 1968 Accession Number: 68.27 Description: Obverse, two men playing board game Reverse, flute player between two athletes Introduced by red-figure artists, the pelike was adopted as well by their black-figure counterparts. The subject here is a further modification of the theme of Ajax and Achilles gaming (compare hydria 56.171.29). Two men sit at a three-legged table playing a board game, as indicated by their gestures. A flute case and a lyre hanging on the wall above them suggest that the men are professional musicians taking a break. The implied comparison with the Homeric heroes is amusing. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Terracotta pelike (wine jar) Medium; Technique: Terracotta; black-figure Culture: Greek, Attic Period: Archaic Date: ca. 520 B.C. Artist or Maker: Attributed to the Plousios Painter Dimensions: H. 12 1/16 in. (30.7 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of Walter Bareiss, 1968 Accession Number: 68.27 Description: Obverse, two men playing board game Reverse, flute player between two athletes Introduced by red-figure artists, the pelike was adopted as well by their black-figure counterparts. The subject here is a further modification of the theme of Ajax and Achilles gaming (compare hydria 56.171.29). Two men sit at a three-legged table playing a board game, as indicated by their gestures. A flute case and a lyre hanging on the wall above them suggest that the men are professional musicians taking a break. The implied comparison with the Homeric heroes is amusing. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Terracotta Hydria (water jar) Greek, Attic, black-figure, ca. 510 BC Attributed to the Leagros Group On the body, Achilles and Ajax playing a board game at Troy On the shoulder, chariot departing Accession # 56.171.29 The scene on the body depicts one of the most popular subjects in Greek art, mainly vase-painting, between about 540 and 480 BC. Over 150 occurrences are known. Remarkably, the original composition survives on an amphora in the Vatican Museums. The artist was Exekias, the potter and painter whose work represents the height of black-figure painting. In this variant, the painter has placed Athena stage center as the two primary Greek heroes of the Trojan War while away their time playing a game in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Terracotta Hydria (water jar) Greek, Attic, black-figure, ca. 510 BC Attributed to the Leagros Group On the body, Achilles and Ajax playing a board game at Troy On the shoulder, chariot departing Accession # 56.171.29 The scene on the body depicts one of the most popular subjects in Greek art, mainly vase-painting, between about 540 and 480 BC. Over 150 occurrences are known. Remarkably, the original composition survives on an amphora in the Vatican Museums. The artist was Exekias, the potter and painter whose work represents the height of black-figure painting. In this variant, the painter has placed Athena stage center as the two primary Greek heroes of the Trojan War while away their time playing a game in which pieces are moved according to the roll of dice. Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Fragments from a Red-Figure Calyx Krater Attributed to Euphronios Greek, Attic, ca. 520-510 BC Ajax carrying the dead Achilles Ceramic # 1997-488a-b Text from the Princeton University Art Museum label.

Storage Jar with Achilles and Ajax Gaming Attributed to the Leagros Group Greek, Athens, about 510 B.C. Terracotta 17 13/16 to 18 1/16 x 11 15/16 in. 86.AE.81 Scenes from the mythological Trojan War decorate this Athenian black-figure neck-amphora. On the front, Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Greeks, sit playing a board game. The goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. This scene of Ajax and Achilles gaming was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s B.C. and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Many scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted. The back of the vase depicts three hoplites, or warriors, in a line. Such files of hoplites are rather unusual in vase-painting, and this depiction may have been meant to relate to the scene on the front of the vase. These hoplites may be Greeks on the march to counter a Trojan attack, while Ajax and Achilles are notified by Athena. Such an interpretation would explain Athena's unusually prominent position on this rendition of the scene. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artObjectDetails?artobj=13800