![]() Texture is implied throughout by the painting of many small dots in the wings of the soldiers, producing an optical “gray” color. Near the part of the piece where the handle resides, we can also see the usage of pattern where there are more biomorphic plant shapes that repeat, helping frame in the main image of the piece. They span the circumference of the base of the piece. There are many concentric ovals that are connected with each other through the touching of their edges. This use of pattern is also shown at the base of the piece. The use of pattern can be seen on the top border where the same biomorphic shape repeats throughout the top border of the piece. Pattern and texture are employed in this piece in both the borders and in the wings of the soldiers that are carrying Sarpedon. “…the result was a lustrous dark vessel with red-colored figures articulated with black painted details.” (Stokstad, p.109) These techniques allowed for more detail and more developed krater forms. Instead of engraving details within a silhouetted area covered by slip, painters drew on the reserved areas with a fine brush dipped in liquid slip.” (Stokstad, p.108) The piece is then fired in a kiln and heated to make the clay hard and make the glaze hard and have its final color. Painters first covered the pot with slip but left or ‘reserved’ the shapes of the figures unpainted to reveal the underlying clay body. ![]() “…red-figure technique-so called because red figures stand out against a black background. These techniques were known as black-figure and red-figure. Slip is “…a mixture of clay and water…” (Stokstad, p.108) There were two types of techniques that were used to paint kraters. ![]() The slip that is used to paint the krater is a glaze that is painted on to the krater. The terracotta clay was used to produce the krater. 515 BCE and its main purpose was as a “punch bowl during a symposium, a social gathering of rich and powerful men.” (Stokstad, p.108) The media used to produce this piece is clay and slip. The krater itself was made by Euxitheos and was painted by a different artist with the name of Euphronios. This krater is made from ceramic and stands at 18 inches tall. It is a calyx krater that has been decorated in the red-figure form. The figure shown above is a krater depicting the Death of Sarpedon.
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