Euphronios Krater aka Sarpedon Krater |
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| Name of Work | Euphronios Krater aka Sarpedon Krater | ||||||||
| Production Date | 515 BC | ||||||||
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| Media Types | paint, clay | ||||||||
| General Notes | Was owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NY, but was claimed by the Greek govt., and the MMA relented in about 2007 to return it, based on the claim that there hadn't been a valid permit for its export. The MMA lost millions of dollars in the process. | ||||||||
Description
Very large, perfectly intact karater depicting highly detailed mythological Greek scenes of death on battlefield. It is a monument in the "red figure style" of Greek Vase painting.
Theme
Emotional Sum or Sense-of-life
Exquisitely beautiful hardship.
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