Naïskos vases
Naïskos vases are a special form of Lower Italian vase painting from the 4th century BC. Chr.
Naïskos vases originated in the second quarter of the 4th century BC. In Apulia . They got their name from the naïskoi depicted . The vases were related to the cult of the dead (the Naïskoi corresponded to grave structures) and were specially made as grave vases. After the middle of the 4th century BC The Naïskos representations were unusually frequent, but their distribution was almost limited to the Apulian region .
The pictorial world of the Naïskos vases often showed youthful figures in addition to the temple buildings designed with Ionic columns . Young men are marked by arms and are often shown with dogs or horses, women with household items or accessories. It was also possible to depict servant figures or birds, sometimes the people are replaced by woolen baskets, weapons, luteria (an ancient form of the sink), vases, individual ascending tendrils or flowers. Eros figures or mythical creatures such as Pegasus or sphinxes were also possible . People mostly stand in or next to the naïskos, actions are rarely shown. The victory of life over death should be shown symbolically.
literature
- Rolf Hurschmann : Naïskos vases. In: The New Pauly . 8 (2000), col. 697f.
