LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: tripod

Roman Hare on a tripod stand, 1st – 2nd century A.D. Bronze h. 10.0 cm., w. 8.0 cm., d. 8.0 cm. (3 15/16 x 3 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.) Museum purchase, Carl Otto von Kienbusch Jr., Memorial Collection y1953-20 Text from: artmuseum.princeton.edu/collections/objects/24087

Giardini Naxos is a comune in Messina province on the island of Sicily in Italy. Today it is a popular seaside-resort. Founded by Thucles the Chalcidian in 734 BCE, it was never a powerful city, but its temple of Apollo Archegetes, protecting deity of all the Greek colonies, gave it prominence in religious affairs. Leontini and Catania were both colonized from here. Hippocrates, tyrant of Gela, captured it in 494 BCE. Its opposition to Syracuse ultimately led to its capture and destruction in 403 BCE at the hands of Dionysius the tyrant, after it had supported Athens during that city's disastrous Sicilian Expedition. Though the site continued to be inhabited, most activity shifted to neighbouring Tauromenium. Today Giardini Naxos is a successful tourist destination. It is known for it's beautiful beaches and crystal clear waters of the Ionian Sea. It has a small, but prosperous fishing port. There are many hotels and restaurants and the town is ten minutes away from another of Sicily's most important tourist destinations Taormina. Text from: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giardini_Naxos

Amphora, ca. 530 B.C.; Archaic; red-figure Signed by Andokides, as potter; Attributed to the Andokides Painter (red-figure decoration); Attributed to Psiax (black-figure decoration) Greek, Attic Terracotta; H. 22 5/8 in. (57.5 cm) Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1963 (63.11.6) The striving for more expressive renderings of figures in Attic vase paintings eventually led to the emergence of the red-figure technique, sometime around 530 B.C. As on this amphora, subjects could be drawn with glaze lines, which allowed the artist more freedom when rendering contours and details of anatomy. This particular amphora, one of the earliest executed in the red-figure technique, was made in the workshop of the potter Andokides, where, quite possibly, the new technique was first established. The painter of the red-figure scenes on this vase is anonymous, but he has been called the Andokides Painter after the potter with whom he worked; in fact, the potter's name is incised on the foot of the vessel. The decoration on the front of the amphora shown here illustrates the struggle between Herakles and Apollo over the sacred tripod at Delphi, the sanctuary of Apollo and one of the greatest sanctuaries in the Greek world. On the tripod at Delphi sat the Pythia, the prophetess who gave oracles, prophetic answers to questions put to the god Apollo. In the illustrated myth, Herakles goes to Delphi to find out how to atone for having killed a man; however, the prophetess refuses to answer him. Enraged, Herakles seizes the sacred tripod, hoping to establish his own oracle, and, thus, becomes involved with Apollo in a tug-of-war. On the amphora, Apollo holds the right side of the tripod in one hand, and his characteristic bow and arrow in the other. Herakles, depicted as a muscular figure, holds his club above his head; his protectress, Athena, accompanies him. Artemis, armed with her bow, accompanies Apollo. Most likely, the Andokides Painter was familiar with the frieze and pediment of the Siphnian Treasury at Delphi, for his style recalls many of the conventions first observed in that monument, particularly the rendering of the gods' muscles. Since we know the approximate dates of the erection of the treasury, stylistic analysis compels us to date the beginning of the Andokides Painter's career to the same date–around 530 B.C. The exploits of Herakles typically involved human adversaries and monstrous animals. On the white lip of this amphora, the black-figure painter Psiax, who was well versed in the miniature style, painted one such exploit—Herakles strangling the invincible Nemean lion, here in the presence of Athena and Hermes. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/vase/ho_63.11.6.htm

Cinerary Urn with Offering Scene about A.D. 150 Dimensions: Height: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.); width: 49.2 cm (19 3/8 in.); depth: 41.6 cm (16 3/8 in.) Material: Marble, from the island of Proconnesus in the Sea of Marmara near Istanbul, Turkey Classification: Tomb equipment Accession Number: 2002.25 Text from: www.mfa.org/collections/object/cinerary-urn-with-offering...