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The Niobid Crater.
DENOYELLE Martine.

The Niobid Crater.

Meeting of National Museums - Louvre.
€9,15 €0,00
N° d'inventaire 25052
Format 140 x 215 mm
Détails 48 p., paperback.
Publication Paris, 1997
Etat Occasion
ISBN 9782711836222
When, around 460-450 BC, he decorated a large chalice-shaped krater with two scenes featuring numerous figures arranged on several levels, was the Niobid Painting copying one of the wall paintings that, according to ancient texts, Polygnotus and Micon had created in Athens and Delphi? If the scene of the Massacre of Niobe's Children by Apollo and Artemis is easy to identify, how can we interpret the assembled assembly of heroes, one of the exploits of Heracles, or even the appearance of the demigod at the Battle of Marathon? To try to answer these questions, knowledge of ancient texts is not enough: we must get as close as possible to a work developed during a decade when the classical spirit was fermenting and the power of Pericles was asserted in Athens.
When, around 460-450 BC, he decorated a large chalice-shaped krater with two scenes featuring numerous figures arranged on several levels, was the Niobid Painting copying one of the wall paintings that, according to ancient texts, Polygnotus and Micon had created in Athens and Delphi? If the scene of the Massacre of Niobe's Children by Apollo and Artemis is easy to identify, how can we interpret the assembled assembly of heroes, one of the exploits of Heracles, or even the appearance of the demigod at the Battle of Marathon? To try to answer these questions, knowledge of ancient texts is not enough: we must get as close as possible to a work developed during a decade when the classical spirit was fermenting and the power of Pericles was asserted in Athens.