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Roman Sarcophagi
A sarcophagus (meaning "flesh-eater" in Greek) is a coffin for inhumation burials, widely used throughout the Roman empire starting in the second century A.D. The most luxurious were of marble, but they were also made of other stones, lead ( 65.148 ), and wood. Prior to the second century, burial in sarcophagi was not a common Roman practice; during the Republican and early Imperial periods, the Romans practiced cremation, and placed remaining bones and ashes in urns or ossuaries. Sarcophagi had been used for centuries by the Etruscans and the Greeks; when the Romans eventually adopted inhumation as their primary funerary practice, both of these cultures had an impact on the development of Roman sarcophagi. The trend spread all over the empire, creating a large demand for sarcophagi during the second and third centuries. Three major regional types dominated the trade: Metropolitan Roman, Attic, and Asiatic.
Roman Sarcophagi | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art in funerary art, these scenes are thought to express the hope for a happy afterlife in the heavens. scenes featuring heroes such as meleager or achilles can be expressions of the bravery and virtue of the deceased. dionysiac scenes evoke feelings of celebration, and release from the cares of this world; the cult of dionysos also seemed to offer hope for a pleasureable afterlife ( 55.11.5 ). gorgon faces are apotropaic images for protection against evil forces.
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National Gallery of Art, Oionokles Painter (Getty Museum) painter in athens in the years around 470 b.c. he decorated a wide range of vase shapes in the red-figure technique, but he appears to have specialized in neck-amphorae. the favorite themes of the oionokles painter were scenes of pursuit and dionysiac scenes. he painted relatively few mortals or scenes of everyday life. action and a sense of humor often characterize his work.as with most ancient artists, the true name of the oionokles painter is unknown; he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=246 [143 words]
Funerary Vases in Southern Italy and Sicily | Thematic Essay | Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Muse so that it could not function as a container. the construction and fugitive decoration of centuripe vases indicate their intended function as grave goods. the painted imagery relates to weddings or the dionysiac cult, whose mysteries enjoyed great popularity in southern italy and sicily, presumably due to the blissful afterlife promised to its initiates. keely heuer bothmer fellow, department of greek and roman art,
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Camel with packboards and baggage [Western China or Central Asia] (2000.8) ¦ Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History ¦ The Met king of the yakshas, who is portrayed in the gandharan art of northwest india as nearly naked and potbellied in drinking scenes, in which he is waited on by women. such scenes were to some degree inspired by dionysiac imagery from the mediterranean world. in this version, the rhyton and ewers imply drinking; however, the full beard and absence of headgear is atypical of gandharan representations of kubera,
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/2000.8 [308 words]
National Gallery of Art, Villa Giulia Painter (Getty Museum) ground pieces. most of his work appears to have been on large vessels, especially kraters of various forms. the villa giulia painter usually favored quiet scenes, but he also included many depictions of dionysiac religion and unusual myths. as with most ancient artists, the real name of the villa giulia painter is unknown, and he is identified only by the stylistic traits of his work. scholars named him after a krater in the villa giulia museum in rome.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=352 [144 words]
National Gallery of Art, Epiktetos (Getty Museum) epiktetos worked for several different potters, including hischylos and the workshop of nikosthenes and pamphaios. epiktetos produced delicate, precise work as a painter, and preferred scenes of daily life and dionysiac revelry to mythological scenes. the name epiktetos translates as "newly acquired." epiktetos was probably a slave, or at least he was when he began his career. many of the artists working in athens at this period would have been slaves or metics,
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=74 [209 words]
National Gallery of Art, Rainone Painter (Getty Museum) about 375 b.c. - 350 b.c. apulia, south italy vase-painter greek the rainone painter decorated vases in the red-figure technique in the greek colonies in south italy in the period from 375 to 350 b.c. favoring dionysiac and phlyax scenes, he tended to paint large vessels like kraters and amphorae. a distinguishing feature of the work of the rainone painter is the way he drew the youths that decorate the back of his vases.
http://www.getty.edu/art/gettyguide/artMakerDetails?maker=3306 [203 words]