Black figure vase: Exekias kylix
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- 30.5cm
- What is the diameter of the Exekias kylix? think ruler
- Layered it in black glaze
- What has Exekias done to give the appearance of depth and texture in his kylix?
- It is a shallow drinking cup with two handles
- What is the purpose of the Exekias kylix (eye cup)?
- Tyrrhenian pirates
- What kind of pirates kinapped Dionysus on his way to Greece on the Exekias kylix?
- Set beneath a pair of brows, eye sockets have been painted in outline while the puples are painted in white, then purple then black circles. Two enlongated tear ducts frame the small stylised nose.
- Describe the 'apotropaic' 'magical' eyes on the Exekias kylix
- At the base of the deep bowl, underneath the figures. Black and purple
- where has Exekias painted the series of concentric lines and bnads and what are the two colours?
- Two groups of three armed warriors fighting over a corpse. On one side, the corpse has been stripped and is in the proces of being dragged away while on the other side, the dead warrior lies fully armed
- What is decorated on either side of the Exekis kylix? under the root of the handles.
- added a lot of purple
- What has Exekias done to accentuate the armour of the warriors on the his kylix?
- c. 535BC
- When was the Exekias kylix made?
- the god Dionysus reclinging in his ship is dressed in a spotted robe and holding a wine horn in his hand. Twin vines, heavy with clusters of graps curl around the mast to hang above his head.
- Who is at the centre of the Exekias kylix and what does he look like?
- on the reserved front face of the foot
- Where did Exekias sign his kylix?
- Exekias
- Who is the potter/painter of the Exekias kylix?
- coral red background
- What is the colour of the inside of the Exekias kylix?
- Homer's 'Hymn to Dionysos'
- What is the scene inside the Exekias kylix based on?