Transition period of black figure to red in 6th century BC

Polyxena sarcophagus – Sarcophagi buried under tumuli – if they are in a sarcophagus not Persian – Zoroastrianism, vulture eating

Local elites in the country of the Troad

Greek crafting, Greek myth, similar Greek crafting

Sarcophagus built for display before death

Imbuing himself with a sense of Greekness – Greek sophistication

Culturally aware – adapting Greek to Anatolian sensibilities

600 onwards – Archaic

Classical period – Persian wars, 480 – 323, death of alexander the great

Early Classical – Severe style until 450, contrapposto heavier, more movement

Late Classical – 350

Hellenistic 323 – 31

Roman

Lost wax technique

Hollow = stronger, cheaper

Same central mold, differences in wax around them – same studio

Same sculpture, different details

Heroic nudity – not in day to day roles, semi divine, like costume of heroic nudity

Trade – south Italy and Greek

Athenians wrong when he says they are Tryannicides, actually about jealous lovers

Kill Hipparchus in 514, brother of Tyrant

510 Hippias, Spartan coup

508 Spartans want Hippias in power

Cleisthenes reforms, rise of democracy

Emphasise role of Harmodius and Aristogeiton

Deliberate archaic faces – reference time

Roman artistic liberty?

Erastos and eromenos – lover and beloved

Kleophrades vase – early red figure like black figure - more rigidity, less fluidity, stiffness, profile

Red figure, more detail