Hetaira Attic Vase Painting

Attic red figure kylix brygos painter ca.
Hetaira attic vase painting. 149 a similar but slightly later cup by makron in the boston museum of fine arts no. Scholars cannot agree on the female figure s social status. Published references see also beazley john d attic red figure vase painters 2nd ed oxford 1963 p. A hydria by the harrow painter in the tampa museum of art provides an opportunity to revisit the concept of genre and the depiction of women in classical athenian vase painting.
Usually living fashionably alone or sometimes two or three together the hetairai enjoyed an enviable and respected position of. Not only were the vases objects used by. 450 kb ancient attica ceramic plate with satyr 550 bc jpg 4 140 5 520. After symposion with hetaira.
379 kb tarquinia museo nazionale kylix jpg 1 156 846. Toledo toledo museum of art the berlin painter and his world. In attic vase painting sheramy d. Housewives hetairai and the ambiguity of genre in attic vase painting sheramy bundrick academia edu.
Corner sean and prof. Greek vase painting and the origins of visual humour. Overall prostitution in ancient athens prostitution in ancient athens was allowed to be practiced and completely legal as long as the women were not official. This is a ancient greek vase painting from around 430 b c.
Bringing the outside in. This paper addresses these questions through a reading of fragments of archaic lyric predominantly those of anakreon as well as consideration of attic vase painting. Bundrick so called genre scenes or scenes of everyday life in attic vase painting have proven irresistible to scholars of greek iconography and indeed to many historians working on classical athens. Learn vocabulary terms and more with flashcards games and other study tools.
The greeks were very fond of painting different scenes usually mythological on their pottery and this is a fine example. Start studying greek vase painting final. I suggest that the hetaira pornĂª opposition participates in the overarching tension between the aristocratic symposium and the public sphere in archaic greece. 105 65 66 90 n.
Overview this page explains the what when and where of the athenian hetairai and also clarifies the differences between the hetairai and the other forms of prostitution in ancient greece. Female companion latin hetaera one of a class of professional independent courtesans of ancient greece who besides developing physical beauty cultivated their minds and talents to a degree far beyond that allowed to the average attic woman.