LaurieAnnie's photos with the keyword: minotaur

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 470–460 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876 Accession Number: 76.12.7 Obverse, Theseus Reverse, the Minotaur Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244858

Title: Terracotta skyphos (deep drinking cup) Artist: Attributed to the Pan Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 470–460 BCE Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; red-figure Dimensions: H. 3 1/8 in. (7.9 cm) diameter 4 1/2 in. (11.4 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Gift of L. P. di Cesnola, 1876 Accession Number: 76.12.7 Obverse, Theseus Reverse, the Minotaur Many red-figure artists eliminated the narrative element from mythological representations and, instead, highlighted the protagonists. Here, with one protagonist on each side, Theseus's pursuit of the Minotaur becomes timeless and eternal. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/244858

Terracotta amphora (jar),ca. 540–530 B.C. Signed by Taleides Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur Reverse, men weighing merchandise Object Details Signed by Taleides as potter Attributed to the Taleides Painter Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540–530 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; black-figure Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947 Accession Number: 47.11.5 Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578

Terracotta amphora (jar),ca. 540–530 B.C. Signed by Taleides Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur Reverse, men weighing merchandise Object Details Signed by Taleides as potter Attributed to the Taleides Painter Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540–530 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; black-figure Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947 Accession Number: 47.11.5 Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578

Terracotta amphora (jar),ca. 540–530 B.C. Signed by Taleides Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur Reverse, men weighing merchandise Object Details Signed by Taleides as potter Attributed to the Taleides Painter Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540–530 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; black-figure Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947 Accession Number: 47.11.5 Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578

Terracotta amphora (jar),ca. 540–530 B.C. Signed by Taleides Obverse, Theseus slaying the Minotaur Reverse, men weighing merchandise Object Details Signed by Taleides as potter Attributed to the Taleides Painter Period: Archaic Date: ca. 540–530 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta; black-figure Dimensions: H. 11 5/8 in. (29.5 cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1947 Accession Number: 47.11.5 Discovered at Agrigento in Sicily before 1801, this may be the first Greek vase with a potter's signature to have been published in modern Europe. Besides the signature, there is an inscription praising a youth, Klitarchos, as handsome. After Herakles, Theseus is the major hero in Athenian iconography. He was credited with uniting the principalities of Attica and with numerous exploits. Here he kills the Minotaur (part-man, part-bull) in the palace of King Minos on Crete. The reverse shows a large scale with containers on each pan and a man bringing them into balance. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/254578

Terracotta column-krater (bowl for mixing wine and water) Attributed to the Alkimachos Painter Period: Classical Date: ca. 460 B.C. Culture: Greek, Attic Medium: Terracotta Dimensions: Overall: 15 3/8 x 14 15/16in. (39 x 38cm) Classification: Vases Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1956 Accession Number: 56.171.46 Description: Obverse, Theseus about to slay the Minotaur, flanked by Nike (the personification of victory) and Ariadne Reverse, three youths According to legend, Theseus, the most important Athenian hero, lived at a time when King Minos of Crete was exacting tribute from Athens. Every year seven youths and seven maidens were sent from Athens to Crete to be shut up in a labyrinth to die of starvation or be devoured by the Minotaur, a monster that was half man and half bull. Theseus accompanied the victims, slew the Minotaur, and escaped from the labyrinth with the help of King Minos' daughter, Ariadne. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...