Wedding Preparations of Alcestis and Harmonia.
stylistic date of vase painting = Late 5th Century (Peloponnesian War period) [no need to know vase painters]
440-410.
Epinitron is this thing.
This is usually a bridal gift.
This is depicting a bridal shower where people are bringing gifts to the bride.
There is a woman behind the bride and she is holding a loutrophoros, which is holding sacred water for the bridal bath.
An escapist painting. Term coined by Politt. It means no reference no warfare. Very decorative.
This is a thigh guard because they’re always doing knitting and stuff with wool on their tigh.
-Stylistic date of vase painting = Late 5th century (Peloponnesian War period)
This is from Peloponnesian War period.
Sparta had the most powerful land army at the time. The imperial expansion policies of Athens brought them into conflict with Sparta.This war dragged on for 20 years.
Do we see any indication of horror and mourning from Athens in these vessels? Because they lost every single war with Sparta and there was two horrible plagues happened in 429 - 427.
There were so many bodies that was just rotting everywhere. Thus we question how death is represented now.
The emotional way of showing death changes. Think about ethos and pathos.