Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Volute Krater of Aurora from Falerii Veteres
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Collection:
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ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
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Preferred Title:
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Volute Krater of Aurora from Falerii Veteres
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Image View:
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Overall view, front, Eos (Aurora) kidnaps Kephalos (Cephalus) in her quadriga
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Creator:
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Aurora Painter (Etruscan vase painter, active 4th century BCE)
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Location:
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repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
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Location Note:
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Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
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GPS:
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+41.918375+12.477657
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Date:
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ca. 375-350 BCE (creation)
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Cultural Context:
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Etruscan
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Style Period:
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Greco-Etruscan
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Work Type 1:
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red-figure vase painting (visual work)
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Work Type 2:
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volute krater
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Classification:
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Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
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Material:
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terracotta; red-figure painting
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Technique:
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fabrication attributes: ceramics; red-figure vase painting (image-making)
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Measurements:
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59.2 cm (height)
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Subjects:
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mythology (Classical); Sun Rising and setting; chariot; quadriga; bulls; griffins
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Description:
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From Falerii Veteres, the necropolis of Colonnette, Tomb 4 (CXV). Red-figure proper did not fully develop in Etruria until a generation after the rise of the South Italian Red-figure workshops. In the first of the red-figure phases (ca. 400-ca. 350 BCE) production centred at Civita Castellana (Falerii), Vulci and in northern Etruria; from Civita Castellana about 300 vases survive. The vase depicts Aurora (Eos) and Kephalos (Cephalus); Aurora kidnaps Cephalus to be her lover and they are shown in her quadriga. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
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Collection:
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Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
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Identifier:
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7A3-E-VG-FDA-A01
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Rights:
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© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
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