Subject matter Achilles fighting Memnon from Ethiopia, watched by their respective mothers, Thetis and Eos.

Comparisons / Contrasts with the Kleophrades Painter Hydria include: 1) Only four figures on each side 2) Greater amount of free space 3) Two distinct (though related) scenes 4) Linear structure (cf pyramidal).

You should consider the contrasts between the two as we progress. The subject of the illustration on side B is the same as the previous one - The Trojan War - but it is dealt with in a very different way. Height: 65 cms Subject: Side A: Achilles fighting Memnon of Ethiopia Side B : Achilles fighting Hector the Trojan. He is named from an amphora which he painted, and which is now held in West Berlin.

Date: 500-480 BC Type: Volute Krater - Red-figure Potter: Unknown Painter: 'Berlin Painter'.

Term: So called in modern times for the form of its handles. It is thought that the ancient name 'Laconian krater' belongs to this shape.

The Francois Vase is the earliest Athenian volute krater preserved complete. The shape appears before the end of the seventh century and continues until the late fourth century B.C.

The form may have been inspired by Peloponnesian bronze vessels. History: Possibly derived from the column krater ( though the volute krater's neck is higher), it is not a very common shape. The mouth is slightly set off from the wide neck.

Shape: The characteristic handles consist of ordinary looped handles, which are attached horizontally to the shoulder of the vessel from the top of these looped handles a broad strap which has flanges and sometimes ribbed sides rises vertically to form an elaborate volute above the rim of the vase. A wine-mixing vessel with a wide mouth, a deep, broad body and volute-shaped handles.

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