Hobble group
The Hobble group is one with a provisional names designated group Attic - black-figure Panathenäischer prize amphorae . The two vases of the group can be traced back to the year 336/5 BC based on the inscriptions on the vases that name the reigning Attic archon Pythodelus. The style has been painted by a painter.
- London , British Museum 1873.8-20.369A. From Cerveteri . Front Athena between columns, back Hoplitodromos .
- Munich , Staatliche Antikensammlungen 7768. From Athens . Front Athena between pillars, rear horse racing.
In the tradition of the price amphora, the vessels are decorated with black figures, at a time when only red-figure vases had actually been produced for more than 100 years . The group got its name from the representation of Athena , which is shown in a tight robe with large tipped hems ("hobble skirt"). The portrayal of Athena appears extremely mannered, differently the pictures of the athletes, which are similar to the sculpture of the 4th century BC. Correctly reproduce proportions and postures.
literature
- John D. Beazley : Attic Black-Figure Vase-Painters. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1956, p. 417.
- John Boardman : Black-Figure Vases from Athens. A handbook (= cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 1). Philipp von Zabern, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-8053-0233-9 , p. 183.
- Martin Bentz : Panathenaic price amphoras. An Athenian type of vase and its function from the 6th to 4th centuries. Century BC Chr. (= Antique Art Supplement 18). Association of Friends of Ancient Art, Basel 1998, ISBN 3-909064-18-3 , 176 No. 4.087-4.088.