Bottle painting, architecture, sculpture, etc. This paper mainly talks about Greek bottle painting.
All kinds of vessels made of clay were indispensable tools in the daily life and foreign trade of ancient Greeks.
These shapes and functions
There are beautiful pictures painted on pottery of different sizes, which is the "Greek vase painting"
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. Greek pottery bottle painting is a practical handicraft.
Combined with the artistic style of painting. From some works of history, literature, philosophy and travel notes in Greece and Rome, people can
I learned that life once came into being in Greece in BC.
five
The masters of painting in this century, such as zeuxis and palacios, have
After creating the illusion of three-dimensional reality on the plane, the Greeks also drew exquisite murals and woodcuts. But today,
All Greek paintings are in oblivion, and only bottle paintings left on pottery can make people appreciate Greek paintings.
The glory of.
Ancient Greek bottle painting is rich in content.
,
Mostly fairy tales and the legend of heroes. Myth story painting
,
Theological image data
,
Reflect life
Wide-range
,
Such as war, hunting, production, family, entertainment, sports and so on.
,
Just a few examples. They are very dramatic.
,
Life is very lively.
thick
,
Full of human touch. vivid and interesting
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Elegant and generous
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It shows the optimistic and confident spirit of the Greeks.
Greek bottle painting technique was once popular in five artistic styles, namely:
"geometric style"
、
"oriental style"
、
"black painting"
and
"red painting style"
、
"paint on a white background"
Geometric style (BC
900-
front
700
)
Geometric style is the main style of pottery bottles in Homer's time. It is mainly light yellow pottery with black geometric patterns.
Sample. Geometric patterns include three types:
1.
Abstract geometric patterns, such as wavy lines, parallel lines, intersecting lines, rings, triangles, etc.
Mode;
2.
Vivid geometric patterns, such as bird and beast patterns, human patterns, vehicle patterns, etc.
3.
Geometric modes of plot, such as expedition, land war and naval battle.
War, competition, funeral, singing, performance, etc. These geometric patterns are highly generalized to people and animals, and their huge shapes are eye-catching.
Must be dynamic.
Dipilong Pottery Bottles as Sacrifices in Tombs
, high about
1.5
Rice, the bottle body is covered with geometric patterns of decorative horizontal belt, bottle mouth
There are images of wild deer on the top and bottom, and the theme between the two handles is "mourning for the dead"
. The deceased was lying on the hearse, on both sides.
People are crying with their heads in their arms. There are several people sitting under the coffin bed, and the upper body is simplified into a triangle. Geometry around the picture.
In the case, a large number of clouds stand out. Dipilong pottery bottle is a combination of geometric patterns and geometric styles.
A grand duke in the Metropolitan Museum of New York has a geometric decorative painting and pattern similar to a de Peron pottery bottle.
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Li Xingyuan:
Outline of western art history
, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House,
2002
Annual edition
The obvious difference is that the latter drew some birds under the coffin bed. It can be seen that this pattern was quite common at that time.
All over.
Now, the earliest Greek sculpture found is from Homer's time. These statues are made of pottery and bronze. They are very small in shape.
Like the bottle painting at this time, the statues in Homer's era are highly geometric. Like Hercules and Satiros.
, characters and
The image of half man and half beast is based on Greek mythology.
Oriental style (BC
700-
front
590
Year)
From BC
eight
Since the 20th century, with the increasing overseas colonial activities and overseas trade, the Greeks have cooperated with some eastern countries.
Our contact has also increased. The artistic achievements of developed ancient oriental civilizations (mainly Egypt and the two river basins) have had a far-reaching impact on Greece.
Influence. Of course, the Greeks adopted a selective attitude towards the stimulation from eastern civilization.
The influence of the east is reflected in the bottle painting, which is the oriental style. At this time, the decorative patterns are mainly animals and plants, and they are often direct.
With Egypt and the beasts of the two rivers,
Plant model,
Like the sphinx,
Griffin, Griffin,
Head-winged bull statue and winged lion.
The small perfume bottle found in Thebes has the shape of a monster, and the bottle is painted with a battle scene.
Now the national archaeological museum in Athens shows BC
625
~ before
620
This narrow-necked pottery bottle
Artistic treatment is a typical "oriental style"
. Gorgeous pictures and patterns filled the cloth of the whole bottle, even the handle.
Along the mouth, it uses a series of harmonious warm colors, such as red, brown, brown and brown-black. Many decorative flower patterns are
Oriental style. The theme of the main picture comes from Greek mythology.
Black painting (BC
600-
front
480
Year)
By BC
six
At the beginning of this century,
Greek painting has begun to get rid of the influence of oriental tradition and gradually form its own decorative style.
Checked and black pottery appeared, and some outstanding painters were also produced. According to legend, two Greek painters had a painting competition.
Sai: One draws a delicious and attractive fruit to attract birds to peck at it, and the other draws a piece of cloth on the picture to trick the opponent.
Of course, the result of uncovering is that the latter wins.
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Black painting style is one of the two most important artistic styles in the prosperous period of ancient Greek bottle painting.
Pottery has black paintings on the orange background.
On children, the outline of the object is drawn in black, and the outline is also filled in black. The details are engraved with needles, and the whole has
Strong decorative effect. There is a legend about its origin: in a Greek pottery workshop, a girl died at night.
Missing my boyfriend suddenly saw his shadow on the wall through the moonlight.
He immediately outlined the shadow and painted it black.
Color. It is said that this is the origin of black painting style.
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The most famous black paintings include Achilles and Ajax playing dice on binaural wine vessels.
It's BC.
six
hundred years
The works of Exeter Ghias, the greatest black painter in the late Greek period,
It depicts two characters in the Trojan War playing dice between battles.
Achilles is wearing a helmet. The characters in the picture are dynamic and natural, their expressions are focused, and their helmets and weapons are authentic.
It is an important basis for future generations to textual research on ancient Greek life customs.