Media Information

 
 
 
Collection:
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title:
Volute Krater of Aurora from Falerii Veteres
Image View:
Detail, Eos (Aurora) kidnaps Kephalos (Cephalus) in her quadriga
Creator:
Aurora Painter (Etruscan vase painter, active 4th century BCE)
Location:
repository: Museo Nazionale Etrusco (Villa Giulia) (Rome, Lazio, Italy)
Location Note:
Piazzale di Villa Giulia, 9
GPS:
41.918375 12.477657
Date:
ca. 375-350 BCE (creation)
Cultural Context:
Etruscan
Style Period:
Greco-Etruscan
Work Type 1:
red-figure vase painting (visual work)
Work Type 2:
volute krater
Classification:
Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design
Material:
terracotta; red-figure painting
Technique:
fabrication attributes: ceramics; red-figure vase painting (image-making)
Measurements:
59.2 cm (height)
Subjects:
mythology (Classical); Sun Rising and setting; chariot; quadriga; bulls; griffins
Description:
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.oxfordart online.com/)
Collection:
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier:
7A3-E-VG-FDA-A02
Rights:
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.

Volute Krater of Aurora from Falerii Veteres