Amphora Vessel

Amphora, ca. 530B.C.; Archaic; red-figure
Signed by Andokides, as potter; Attributed to the Andokides Painter (red-figure decoration); Attributed to Psiax (black-figure decoration)
Greek, Attic
Terracotta

Amphoras were usually used as large storage jars. This amphora vessel could possibly be one of the first red-figure painting, which was a much easier technique than the traditional black-figure decorations. The scene on the vessel is of Herakles and Apollo's fight over the tripod at Delphi. The top of the vessel is actually made much different than the rest because the white lip is decorated with black-figure painting. This small painting is of Herakles strangling a lion in the presence of Athena and Hermes. The style of the paintings were most likely influences by the pediments of the Siphnian Treasury at Delphi.

Egypt Project

http://prezi.com/pcei9bkrlofx/ancient-egyptian-project/

Odd Nerdum

http://www.artcyclopedia.com/feature-2004-02.html

Odd Nerdum, a painter from Norway, really lives up to his name. In a time where art is centered around abstract and cubist modernism, Nerdum still chooses to paint a few centuries off, in the Old Masters technique. Of course, being as they all think modernism is the only way to go, art critics have given Nerdum much grief over the years. The author tries to be unbiased but I believe that Paul. A Canton is most likely routing for Nerdum or his article would have been a bit more negative. I think that this article is trying to show that although art is supposed to be a type of freedom of speech and thoughts, there is still a "right" way to do it, and that it is important to fight this thought and do what we want to do. 

Greek Funerary Krater

This krater was a typical Egyptian grave marker. The outside is covered in funerary art aimed at the emotions of the survivors, and not as much the afterlife of the dead, as was done in Egyptian art. The paintings depict funerary rituals in which the deceased is shown about to be cremated (a new practice at the time) and others look on in distress at the loss of the loved one.

This ceramic krater represents the art of the geometric period in Greece. The Greeks still shared some Persian culture, and this showed with the Persian-like decorations on this krater. It fits into the geometric period because many of the subjects are painted using geometric shapes, instead of trying to make a representational painting. I think this artists and sculptor had a feel for the formal elements in art, even if they didn't know it. The dark and light of the painting is evenly balanced, and the darker being on the skinnier part really works well. The person who actually made the krater also did well in the shape of it because it really does fill its space well and doesn't look awkward.