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grande cratere apulo a volute a figure rosse

English translation: Apulian red-figure volute crater or krater

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Italian term or phrase:grande cratere apulo a volute a figure rosse
English translation:Apulian red-figure volute crater or krater
Entered by: paolamonaco

16:22 Mar 29, 2006
Italian to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology
Italian term or phrase: grande cratere apulo a volute a figure rosse
maybe a voluto - really bad copy.
From a list of reperti archeologici.....
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Local time: 13:48
Apulian red-figure volute crater
Explanation:
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Apulo= dell'antica Puglia, Apulian (Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)
cratere: grande vaso a bocca larga in cui i greci mischiavano acqua e vino da servire ai banchetti= crater or Krater ((Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)
voluta: elemento decorativo geometrico, curvilineo o spiraliforme=in questo senso volute (Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)


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Note added at 58 mins (2006-03-29 17:20:53 GMT)
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or red-figure volute crater from Apulia

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Apulian red-figure volut...

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Note added at 20 hrs (2006-03-30 12:33:19 GMT)
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Aggiungo parte di due articoli tratti dall'enciclopedia Britannica sperando che ti possano essere utili. Buon lavoro. Paola

Krater, also spelled CRATER, ancient Greek vessel used for diluting wine with water. It usually stood on a tripod in the dining room, where wine was mixed. Kraters were made of metal or pottery and were often painted or elaborately ornamented. [...]
Kraters are large, with a broad body and base and usually a wide mouth. They may have horizontal handles placed near the base, or vertical handles rising from the shoulder. Among the many variations are the bell krater, confined to red-figure pottery, shaped like an inverted bell, with loop handles and a disk foot; the volute krater, with an egg-shaped body and handles that rise from the shoulder and curl in a volute (scroll-shaped form) well above the rim;


Attic black-figure and red-figure.
[...]
In these centuries (c. 750-c. 480 BC) most of the more important vases were painted either in the black-figure or in the slightly later red-figure technique, so that some explanation of the essential difference is necessary. The red-figure style can be compared with a photographic print, the black-figure with a negative. The latter figures were painted in silhouette in glossy black pigment on the orange-red polished surface. Details were indicated by incised lines and by the occasional use of white and purple, the female figure, especially, being painted in white. Decoration on the red-figure vases was first outlined in black; the surface outside of the outline was then completely covered by the black pigment, leaving the figures reserved in red. Details were added in black, and in dilutions of the black pigment that appear as brown; purple is occasionally found at first but dies out in mature red-figure work. The use of white was revived on the gaudier vases of the 4th century, where yellow brown, gold, and even blue are sometimes used. The forms of Attic black- and red-figure, in the course of centuries, were limited to certain well-defined types, such as the amphora, kylix, krater, and hydria. (see also Index: red-figure pottery)
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Apulian red-figure volute crater


Explanation:
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Note added at 57 mins (2006-03-29 17:19:58 GMT)
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Apulo= dell'antica Puglia, Apulian (Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)
cratere: grande vaso a bocca larga in cui i greci mischiavano acqua e vino da servire ai banchetti= crater or Krater ((Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)
voluta: elemento decorativo geometrico, curvilineo o spiraliforme=in questo senso volute (Diz. Sansoni 2 volumi)


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Note added at 58 mins (2006-03-29 17:20:53 GMT)
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or red-figure volute crater from Apulia

http://www.google.it/search?hl=it&q=Apulian red-figure volut...

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Note added at 20 hrs (2006-03-30 12:33:19 GMT)
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Aggiungo parte di due articoli tratti dall'enciclopedia Britannica sperando che ti possano essere utili. Buon lavoro. Paola

Krater, also spelled CRATER, ancient Greek vessel used for diluting wine with water. It usually stood on a tripod in the dining room, where wine was mixed. Kraters were made of metal or pottery and were often painted or elaborately ornamented. [...]
Kraters are large, with a broad body and base and usually a wide mouth. They may have horizontal handles placed near the base, or vertical handles rising from the shoulder. Among the many variations are the bell krater, confined to red-figure pottery, shaped like an inverted bell, with loop handles and a disk foot; the volute krater, with an egg-shaped body and handles that rise from the shoulder and curl in a volute (scroll-shaped form) well above the rim;


Attic black-figure and red-figure.
[...]
In these centuries (c. 750-c. 480 BC) most of the more important vases were painted either in the black-figure or in the slightly later red-figure technique, so that some explanation of the essential difference is necessary. The red-figure style can be compared with a photographic print, the black-figure with a negative. The latter figures were painted in silhouette in glossy black pigment on the orange-red polished surface. Details were indicated by incised lines and by the occasional use of white and purple, the female figure, especially, being painted in white. Decoration on the red-figure vases was first outlined in black; the surface outside of the outline was then completely covered by the black pigment, leaving the figures reserved in red. Details were added in black, and in dilutions of the black pigment that appear as brown; purple is occasionally found at first but dies out in mature red-figure work. The use of white was revived on the gaudier vases of the 4th century, where yellow brown, gold, and even blue are sometimes used. The forms of Attic black- and red-figure, in the course of centuries, were limited to certain well-defined types, such as the amphora, kylix, krater, and hydria. (see also Index: red-figure pottery)


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