Dipylon Amphora - Smarthistory
Dipylon Amphora, c. 755–750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm, Geometric period (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) As tall as a person, this pot is covered with geometric patterns and early figural representations.
Monumental Attic Grave Amphora Known as Dipylon Amphora
Dipylon Amphora is a large amphora from the Geometric Era. It is decorated with a funerary scene of prothesis and mourning, among the rows of geometric patterns. In this scene, the …
Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 B.C.E. - World History …
Apr 4, 2014 · Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris
Terracotta krater - The Metropolitan Museum of Art
They were large vases, often decorated with funerary representations. It was only in the Archaic period that stone sculptures were used as funerary monuments. On this magnificent krater, the main scene occupies the widest portion of the …
Dipylon Amphora (video) | Pottery | Khan Academy
Dipylon Amphora, c. 755-750 B.C.E., ceramic, 160 cm (National Archaeological Museum, Athens) Speakers: Dr. Steven Zucker & Dr. Beth Harris
The Essential Ship | Part 1: The Dipylon Vase - Kosmos …
May 15, 2018 · The vase, a grave-marker and one of the high points of the Geometric period, is decorated with scenes of a funerary event; a corpse’s procession, named ekphorae, showing the deceased on a bier flanked by …
Dipylon vases - Brown University
Around the mid-eighth century BCE the human form of the Geometric period began to develop on Dipylon vases. These vases are very large in size (nearly two meters) and were used as grave markers, with craters marking the places …
Dipylon Vase - (Art History I – Prehistory to Middle Ages) - Fiveable
The Dipylon Vase is a large, decorated ceramic vessel from the Geometric period of ancient Greece, dating back to around 750-700 BCE. It is primarily known for its intricate geometric …
amphora - British Museum
Pottery neck-handled amphora. Clay: orange-buff clay, large white and small chestnut-brown grits, lustrous black paint thinning to light brown for the decoration. Shape: tall vertical neck, everted towards a torus lip; ovoid body, …