Achilles painter Lekythos. NAME: Achilles painter Lekythos MADE: 450-440BC SIZE: 38cm POTTER: not known PAINTER: The Achilles painter WE DON’T.

Achilles painter Lekythos

NAME: Achilles painter LekythosMADE: 450-440BCSIZE: 38cmPOTTER: not knownPAINTER: The Achilles painter WE DON’T KNOW THE ACTUAL PAINTERS

NAME, because he never signed his work, he was a student of the Berlin painter, many other white ground techniques are attributed to the Achilles painter.

SHAPE

VASE SHAPE: LekythosUSE: for funeral settings where oil is

stored and perfumeWHY IS IT DIFFERENT TO OTHER

LEKYTHOS? This Lekythos is unique in terms of its

shape, the belly is thinner than other Lekythos

WHY IS THIS VASE SHAPE PERFECT FOR ITS USE?

This vase shape is perfect for oil because it takes up little space and fills the vases belly

INSCRIPTIONS

INSCRIPTIONS

WHAT TYPE OF INSCRIPTION IS THIS? It is grafitti, a Kalos inscription

WHAT DOES IT SAY? Axiophates, the son of Alkimachos, is handsome

WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE INSCRIPTION AND HOW DOES IT RELATE TO THE SCENE? It was just a common way of graffiti with no relation to the scene or use.

THE SCENEA Non-funerary scene, of a Woman and herMaidservant. Most likely visiting a tomb ???ON THE SHOLDER: A schematic Palmette

patternTOP OF BELLY: above the scene is the Stopped

Meander border.FROM LEFT: Maid servant holding grey

painted casketTO RIGHT: Woman directing her servant

MAIDSERVANT

Located left on the vase, standing in profileHolding a grey casket and offering it to her

mistressThe servants hair is styled the same way as her

mistress.Clothing- Tunic has disappeared, the glazed

outline is what is left. It looks like she's wearing a transparent dress.

Her face is elegant and calm, reflective of her mistress.

WOMANLocated to the right of the vase, stands with feetfrontal but looking at the maidservant(foreshortening) Directing her maid with a raised right hand.Hair is curled on top with a few curls on her

forehead.She is wearing a Yellow Chiton and reddish-

brown Himation over the top.Her face is Calm and elegant, expressionless.

PAINTING TECHNIQUEWhite Ground. A majority of this technique wasUsed for funerary vases. INFLUENCE: Athenian potters experimenting with

natural red clay that turned white when burned and were limited to funerary uses only.

Kaolin, the white slip painted over the clayThe outline of the figures was painted in honey colored

dilute before firingBrighter colors that were used on clothing was added

after the firing, therefore it wasn’t very durable hence the disappearance of the servant maids Chiton.

COLORS: Mauve, green, pink

PAINTING STYLE BORDERS: Stopped Meander(above scene) and Schematic

Palmette chain, Tongue pattern EYES: are in profile, looking where their heads are turned. NECK: they have long necks GESTURES: they make few gestures with hands, woman directing

maid offering. FACES: are elegant with long noses, faces are sculptured. FIGURES: appear more realistic and slender as a woman should

look. INSPIRATION: They appear godlike and removed from the

human world, their own kind. FORESHORTENING: feet frontal DRAPERY: is very plain besides the bold colors of the womans

clothing, less detailed

COMPARISON SHAPE: Similar although the other vase has a handle at the

base of the shoulder and the Lekythos doesn’t. The Lekythos also has a thinner shape.

INSCRIPTIONS: Similar in a rectangle format above the central scene, also a Kalos- love inscription with no relation to the scene

SCENE: Of two woman on one vase, doing different duties. Playing music or serving a mistress.

PAINTING TECH: White Ground and red figure. Same borders the stopped Meander and Palmette Chain and Tongue pattern

STYLE: Profile, realistic, props in the background bird or Lekythos and mantle on the wall to demonstrate that the scene in the Lekythos is indoors.

OTHER DETAILS: These characteristics are how painters are identified by the similarities especially seen in funerary Lekythoi vases.