Terracotta stamnos (jar) ca. 450 B.C. Attributed to the Menelaos Painter Obverse and reverse, maenads making musicWine, women, and song are integrated here into an exceptionally rhythmical composition. The elongated women in fluidly pleated garments move slowly forward on the obverse and stand still on the reverse. Their instruments, drinking cups, torches, and thyrsoi (fennel stalks) introduce variety into a composition that might otherwise appear stiff. The quality of the music is conveyed more by the movement of the figures than by facial expressions.. Terracotta stamnos (jar). Greek, Attic. ca. 450 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases

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Terracotta stamnos (jar) ca. 450 B.C. Attributed to the Menelaos Painter Obverse and reverse, maenads making musicWine, women, and song are integrated here into an exceptionally rhythmical composition. The elongated women in fluidly pleated garments move slowly forward on the obverse and stand still on the reverse. Their instruments, drinking cups, torches, and thyrsoi (fennel stalks) introduce variety into a composition that might otherwise appear stiff. The quality of the music is conveyed more by the movement of the figures than by facial expressions.. Terracotta stamnos (jar). Greek, Attic. ca. 450 B.C.. Terracotta; red-figure. Classical. Vases

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