

Shows drama of moment when Ajax will throw himself on his sword. 540 BCE Archaic Period Source/Museum: Château-Musée, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France Stunning composition with shape of figure echoing form of vase, balanced between uprights of shield & tree.

600 BCE Source/Museum: Corinth / The British Museum, LondonĪrtist: Exekias Title: The Suicide of Ajax Medium: Ceramic amphora with black-figure decoration, 27" high (69 cm) Date: c. 600 BCE Orientalizing Period Source/Museum: Corinth / The British Museum, London Significance: Black figure vase Shows Eastern/Oriental influence with motifs of imaginary animals, plant forms, from Near East, Asia Minor & Egypt Artist: n/a Title: Pitcher (Olpe) Medium: Ceramic with black-figure decoration Size: height 11 ½" (30 cm) Date: c. Rogers Fund, 1914 ( )Īrtist: n/a Title: Corinthian Olpe (Pitcher) Medium: Ceramic with black-figure decoration Size: height 11 ½" Date: c. 750–700 BCE Source/Museum: Dipylon Cemetery, Athens / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 750–700 BCE, GEOMETRIC PERIOD Source/Museum: Dipylon Cemetery, Athens / The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Used as a grave marker near Athens Mourners tearing hair with grief Geometric patterns, shapes representing mourners (not realistic) Note: no reference to afterlife (like on Egyptian funerary art) Artist: Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop Title: Funerary Vase (Krater) Medium: Ceramic Size: height 42 ⅝" (108 cm) Date: c. 1 Funerary Vase (Krater), Dipylon Cemetery, or Dipylon VaseĪrtist: Attributed to the Hirschfeld Workshop Medium: Ceramic, 42” high Date: c.
