http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109648/athenian-red-figure-volute-krater-gallery-label-current ArtsConnectEd.org Art Collector Set: Athenian Red-figure Volute Krater: Gallery Label - Current http://www.artsconnected.org/images/favicon.png http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109648/athenian-red-figure-volute-krater-gallery-label-current 16 16 http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109648/athenian-red-figure-volute-krater-gallery-label-current Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0400 <table cellspacing="0"> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Title</td> <td><h3>Athenian Red-figure Volute Krater: Gallery Label - Current</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Author</td> <td><h3>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label">Date</td> <td><h3>2004-03-02</h3></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="detail_label" style="padding-right:7px;">Institution</td> <td>Minneapolis Institute of Arts</td> </tr> </table><br/>The Methyse Painter was one of the earliest red-figure painters of the classical period. The scenes on this volute krater, a vessel for mixing wine with water, illustrate the transition from the robust, animated figures of the late Archaic style to the quiet, inactive subjects of the classical style. <p>On the front is a lively procession, with the wine god Dionysus amid his entourage of cavorting satyrs and maenads, or female devotees. Of particular interest is the child-satyr who, in an apparently unique representation, rides on the shoulders of one of the maenads. The Dionysiac theme is continued on the reverse, where two satyrs accost a maenad.</p> http://www.artsconnected.org/resource/109648/athenian-red-figure-volute-krater-gallery-label-current The Methyse Painter was one of the earliest red-figure painters of the classical period. The scenes on this volute krater, a vessel for mixing wine with water, illustrate the transition from the robust, animated figures of the late Archaic style to the quiet, inactive subjects of the classical style. On the front is a lively procession, with the wine god Dionysus amid his entourage of cavorting satyrs and maenads, or female devotees. Of particular interest is the child-satyr who, in an apparently unique representation, rides on the shoulders of one of the maenads. The Dionysiac theme is continued on the reverse, where two satyrs accost a maenad. " type="image/jpeg" />The Methyse Painter was one of the earliest red-figure painters of the classical period. The scenes on this volute krater, a vessel for mixing wine with water, illustrate the transition from the robust, animated figures of the late Archaic style to the quiet, inactive subjects of the classical style. On the front is a lively procession, with the wine god Dionysus amid his entourage of cavorting satyrs and maenads, or female devotees. Of particular interest is the child-satyr who, in an apparently unique representation, rides on the shoulders of one of the maenads. The Dionysiac theme is continued on the reverse, where two satyrs accost a maenad. " type="image/jpeg" />Copyright Minneapolis Institute of ArtsMinneapolis Institute of Arts