Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Today’s #ObjectoftheDay is this fragment of an #ancientGreek #lekythos (a tall vessel primarily used for the storage of oil) which shows a #Maenad, a female follower of #Dionysus, the god of wine, fertility, and ritual ecstasy. Likely dated to the late 6th or early 5th century BCE.
C.681
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
#ObjectoftheDay is the rim and body of a black figure, white ground #ancientGreek #lekythos. This type of vessel was used for storing oil and more specifically olive oil. The white ground technique used made them too fragile for regular use & they were mainly associated with funerary rites. C.655
Lekythos, The Thanatos Painter, c. 435-425 BC, Attic White Ground Pottery, 48.85 cm height (The British Museum, London, England).
On the second day of #ClassicsTober25:
Thanatos (Death) and Hypnos (Sleep) (?) bringing a dead warrior to the tomb.
Lekythos, The Thanatos Painter, c. 435-425 BC, Attic White Ground Pottery, 48.85 cm height (The British Museum, London, England).
#lekythos #ClassicsTober #ClassicsBluesky
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
NIKE Flying to Altar w/ Phialai
#White-ground #Lekythos fr.
#Eretria
#BowdoinPainter
480-470BC
#ArchaeologicalMuseum #Athens | NAM
www.namuseum.gr/en
Phs©MSP
Ph-ed object's a cllctn itm of NAM
Sorry 4the wtrmrks
#vasepainting #vase-painting #ancient #pottery #attica #archaeology #mythology #nike
Ralph M Larmann, Avernus, 2011. Acrylic on canvas, 60 x 40 inches. Courtesy of the artist. #art #painting #cleancoal #underworld #proserpina #mining #environment #Ralph #Larmann #Indiana #Avernus #artsky #Roman #goddess #stripmining #coal #figure #landscape #lekythos #greensky #dust #coaldust
WHITE LEKYTHOI
The #AchillesPainter #Attica
Fem.figs in "Prep. for a visit to the cemetery"
Fr #Eretria
White-ground
460-440BC
Nat. Archaeological Msm #Athens | NAMA
www.namuseum.gr/en
Phs©msp
Ph-ed objcts're cllctn itms of NAMA
Sorry 4the wtrmrks
#vasepainting #archaeology #ancient #art #lekythos
