Visual Analysis of Pottery
VISUAL ANALYSIS OF FOUR WORKS OF ART
The objective of this study is to visually analyze four works of art specifically those as follows:
(1) Geometric Period -- Heron Class Ola (c. 750 BCE),
(2) The Orientalizing Period -- Miami Painter -- Skyphos (Drinking Vessel c. 600 BCE)
(3) The Archaic Period -- Rycroft Painter Column Krater (Mixing Bowl) Black Figure Technique Reverse (c. 550 BCE), and (4) The Classical Period (c. 350 BCE) Red Figure Technique Krater.
The pottery will be analyzed according to their color, techniques and motifs in addition to other analyses.
Geometric Period -- Heron Class Olla (c. 750 BCE)
The geometric form of art such as in the "Heron class Olla" is reported to have first appeared "between the middle and late geometric period." (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2012) This pot has lines across it that are of a distinct nature and run from the pot's tip to the base of the pot. There are also distinct vertical lines and horizontally running potters. The artist placed motifs between the series of horizontally running lines. In the top row there are animal motifs separated by a diamond shaped motif that resembles a checkerboard with what appears to be some type of horns or triangles at each of the four sides. The second row contains on animal motifs depicting some type of animal that appears to be a cross between a bird and a reptile and the third row appears to be some type of marking that could be the markings of the feet of the bird-reptile with this row's markings separated by vertical lines. The pot is colored beige and orange and has two handles for carrying.
II. Orientalizing Period - Miami Painter_Skyphos (Drinking Vessel)_c. 600 BCE
The drinking vessel's depiction of art illustrates the changes from geometric art with a shift in focus from the use of motifs to the use of the human form. The drinking vase has various hues and the human form depicted on the drinking vessel is "larger than in other categories...
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