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- Scenes from the mythological Trojan War decorate this Athenian black-figure neck-amphora. On the front, Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Greeks, sit playing a board game. The goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. This scene of Ajax and Achilles gaming was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s B.C. and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Many scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted. The back of the vase depicts three hoplites, or warriors, in a line. Such files of hoplites are rather unusual in vase-painting, and this depiction may have been meant to relate to the scene on the front of the vase. These hoplites may be Greeks on the march to counter a Trojan attack, while Ajax and Achilles are notified by Athena. Such an interpretation would explain Athena's unusually prominent position on this rendition of the scene. --J. Paul Getty Museum; Bareiss Loan: S.80.AE.292, May, Helmut, ed. Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, exh. cat. (Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln, 1968), cat. no. A 24.; Bothmer, Dietrich von, and J. Bean. Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss. Exh. checklist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: 1969. p. 2, no. 19.; Brommer, Frank. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage. 3rd ed. (Marburg: 1973) p. 335, no. 23.; Woodford, Susan.
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- Scenes from the mythological Trojan War decorate this Athenian black-figure neck-amphora. On the front, Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Greeks, sit playing a board game. The goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. This scene of Ajax and Achilles gaming was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s B.C. and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Many scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted. The back of the vase depicts three hoplites, or warriors, in a line. Such files of hoplites are rather unusual in vase-painting, and this depiction may have been meant to relate to the scene on the front of the vase. These hoplites may be Greeks on the march to counter a Trojan attack, while Ajax and Achilles are notified by Athena. Such an interpretation would explain Athena's unusually prominent position on this rendition of the scene. --J. Paul Getty Museum; Bareiss Loan: S.80.AE.292, May, Helmut, ed. Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, exh. cat. (Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln, 1968), cat. no. A 24.; Bothmer, Dietrich von, and J. Bean. Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss. Exh. checklist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: 1969. p. 2, no. 19.; Brommer, Frank. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage. 3rd ed. (Marburg: 1973) p. 335, no. 23.; Woodford, Susan.
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- Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Trojan War, play a board game on this Athenian black-figure amphora. Behind the table stands the goddess Athena. The scene of the warriors at leisure but with their armor at the ready might have taken place during a break in fighting the Trojan War. This depiction of Ajax and Achilles gaming was especially popular in Athenian art in the late 500s B.C.; over 150 surviving vases show the scene. Why was this image so popular? Some scholars have argued that it was politically motivated. They interpret this scene as a mythical parallel for the tyrant Peisistratos's return from exile, when he was able to regain power because the Athenian army was unprepared for battle. If so, then these vases would be anti-Peisistratid propaganda, alerting Athenians to the importance of vigilance by reminding them of the consequences of their recent failure. The back of the vase shows a warrior departing for battle, standing between two old men. This was a common scene on vases and, in this case, a subject loosely connected with the scene on the front of the vase. --J. Paul Getty Museum, Green, Christopher, and Jens M. Daehner. Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Leger, and Picabia (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011) 45, 152, no. 5; pl. 3
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- Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Trojan War, play a board game on this Athenian black-figure amphora. Behind the table stands the goddess Athena. The scene of the warriors at leisure but with their armor at the ready might have taken place during a break in fighting the Trojan War. This depiction of Ajax and Achilles gaming was especially popular in Athenian art in the late 500s B.C.; over 150 surviving vases show the scene. Why was this image so popular? Some scholars have argued that it was politically motivated. They interpret this scene as a mythical parallel for the tyrant Peisistratos's return from exile, when he was able to regain power because the Athenian army was unprepared for battle. If so, then these vases would be anti-Peisistratid propaganda, alerting Athenians to the importance of vigilance by reminding them of the consequences of their recent failure. The back of the vase shows a warrior departing for battle, standing between two old men. This was a common scene on vases and, in this case, a subject loosely connected with the scene on the front of the vase. --J. Paul Getty Museum, Green, Christopher, and Jens M. Daehner. Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Leger, and Picabia (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011) 45, 152, no. 5; pl. 3
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- Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Trojan War, play a board game on this Athenian black-figure amphora. Behind the table stands the goddess Athena. The scene of the warriors at leisure but with their armor at the ready might have taken place during a break in fighting the Trojan War. This depiction of Ajax and Achilles gaming was especially popular in Athenian art in the late 500s B.C.; over 150 surviving vases show the scene. Why was this image so popular? Some scholars have argued that it was politically motivated. They interpret this scene as a mythical parallel for the tyrant Peisistratos's return from exile, when he was able to regain power because the Athenian army was unprepared for battle. If so, then these vases would be anti-Peisistratid propaganda, alerting Athenians to the importance of vigilance by reminding them of the consequences of their recent failure. The back of the vase shows a warrior departing for battle, standing between two old men. This was a common scene on vases and, in this case, a subject loosely connected with the scene on the front of the vase. --J. Paul Getty Museum, Green, Christopher, and Jens M. Daehner. Modern Antiquity: Picasso, de Chirico, Leger, and Picabia (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2011) 45, 152, no. 5; pl. 3
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- Scenes from the mythological Trojan War decorate this Athenian black-figure neck-amphora. On the front, Achilles and Ajax, two great heroes of the Greeks, sit playing a board game. The goddess Athena stands in front of the board and gestures. The warriors have their armor and weapons ready, as if just pausing during a break in the conflict. This scene of Ajax and Achilles gaming was very popular in Athenian vase-painting of the late 500s B.C. and was a favorite of the painters in the Leagros Group. Many scholars believe that this mythological scene also served as a contemporary political parable on the value of staying alert, since the tyrant Peisistratos had been able to take control of the city of Athens while the army was distracted. The back of the vase depicts three hoplites, or warriors, in a line. Such files of hoplites are rather unusual in vase-painting, and this depiction may have been meant to relate to the scene on the front of the vase. These hoplites may be Greeks on the march to counter a Trojan attack, while Ajax and Achilles are notified by Athena. Such an interpretation would explain Athena's unusually prominent position on this rendition of the scene. --J. Paul Getty Museum; Bareiss Loan: S.80.AE.292, May, Helmut, ed. Weltkunst aus Privatbesitz, exh. cat. (Cologne: Kunsthalle Köln, 1968), cat. no. A 24.; Bothmer, Dietrich von, and J. Bean. Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss. Exh. checklist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: 1969. p. 2, no. 19.; Brommer, Frank. Vasenlisten zur griechischen Heldensage. 3rd ed. (Marburg: 1973) p. 335, no. 23.; Woodford, Susan.
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- Side A: Dancing youth holding a kylix in one hand; Side B: Dancing man; his features are those of a non-Greek.--True, Marion, and Jiri Frel. Greek Vases. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu: 1983. pp. 32-35, no. 21, fig. 21a-c; p. 75, no. 97.; Bareiss Loan Number: S.80.AE.327, P. Graupe, Berlin. Sale cat., Verschiedener deutscher Kunstbesitz. May 27-29, 1935. lot 911; pl. 82.; Beazley, J. D. Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. Oxford: 1942. p. 134, no. 40.; Kunst-Auktion Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart. Sale cat, October 12, 1962. pl. 15, 326.; Beazley, J. D. Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. 2nd ed. Oxford: 1963. pp. 200, no. 51; 1700.; Munzen und Medaillen, Basel. Auktion 26, October 5, 1963. lot 128.; Bothmer, Dietrich von, and J. Bean. Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss. Exh. checklist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: 1969. p. 4, no. 39.; Beazley, J. D. Paralipomena. Additions to Attic Black-figure Vase-painters and to Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. 2nd ed. Oxford: 1971. p. 342.; Matheson, Susan Burke, and J. Jerome Pollitt. Greek Vases at Yale. New Haven: 1975. pp. 50-51, no. 45, fig. 45.; Kurtz, Donna C. Athenian White Lekythoi: Patterns and Painters. Oxford: 1975. pp. 14, 199; pl. 7.3.; Bothmer, Dietrich. Review of S. Matheson and J. Pollitt, Greek Vases at Yale. Art Bulletin 58 (1976). p. 615.; Cardon, Carol M. The Berlin Painter and His School. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, no. 78-3069, 1977. p. 62, no. 73; p. 81; pl. 48.; Johnston, Alan. Trademarks on Greek Vases. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1979. p. 158, type 10F, no. 8.; Kurtz, Donna C., and John D. Beazley. The Berlin Painter. Oxford: 1983. pp. 52, 76, and 89.; True, Marion, and Jiri Frel. Greek Vases. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu: 1983. pp. 32-35, no. 21, fig. 21a-c; p. 75, no. 97.; Williams, D.J.R. "Close Shaves," Ancient Greek and Related Pottery. Proceedings of the international Vase Symposium in Amsterdam, April 12-15,1984. Amsterdam: 1984. pp. 275-281. p. 280, n. 38.; "Acquisitions/1986." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 15 (1987), pp. 160 - 161, no. 7.; Euwe, J. "The Shape of Early Nolan Amphorae (490-480 B.C.): the Origin and Relation with Other Small Neck-Amphorae," Proceedings, 3rd Symposium on Ancient Greek and Related Pottery, Copenhagen, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 1987. Copenhagen: 1988. pp. 144-151. p. 151, n. 4, no. 8.; Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV2, and Paralipomena. 2nd ed. Compiled by T. Carpenter with T. Mannack and M. Mendonca. Oxford: 1989. p. 192.; Oakley, John. H. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Walters Art Gallery 1 (USA 28). Baltimore: 1992. p. 6, under comparanda.; Neer, Richard T. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. The J. Paul Getty Museum 7 (USA 32). Malibu: 1997. pp. 5-7, no. 4; pls. 331-332; and 335, 1-2.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002) p. 75.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 7th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007), p. 31, ill.; Jubier-Galinier, C. "Les Ateliers de Potiers: le Temoignage des Doubleens Amphorae" In Shapes and Uses of Greek Vases. Athena Tsingarida, ed. (Bruxelles: CReA-Patrimoine, 2009), 47-58. , p.52, fig. 4c.
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- Side A: Dancing youth holding a kylix in one hand; Side B: Dancing man; his features are those of a non-Greek.--True, Marion, and Jiri Frel. Greek Vases. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu: 1983. pp. 32-35, no. 21, fig. 21a-c; p. 75, no. 97.; Bareiss Loan Number: S.80.AE.327, P. Graupe, Berlin. Sale cat., Verschiedener deutscher Kunstbesitz. May 27-29, 1935. lot 911; pl. 82.; Beazley, J. D. Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. Oxford: 1942. p. 134, no. 40.; Kunst-Auktion Fritz Nagel, Stuttgart. Sale cat, October 12, 1962. pl. 15, 326.; Beazley, J. D. Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. 2nd ed. Oxford: 1963. pp. 200, no. 51; 1700.; Munzen und Medaillen, Basel. Auktion 26, October 5, 1963. lot 128.; Bothmer, Dietrich von, and J. Bean. Greek Vases and Modern Drawings from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Bareiss. Exh. checklist, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: 1969. p. 4, no. 39.; Beazley, J. D. Paralipomena. Additions to Attic Black-figure Vase-painters and to Attic Red-figure Vase-painters. 2nd ed. Oxford: 1971. p. 342.; Matheson, Susan Burke, and J. Jerome Pollitt. Greek Vases at Yale. New Haven: 1975. pp. 50-51, no. 45, fig. 45.; Kurtz, Donna C. Athenian White Lekythoi: Patterns and Painters. Oxford: 1975. pp. 14, 199; pl. 7.3.; Bothmer, Dietrich. Review of S. Matheson and J. Pollitt, Greek Vases at Yale. Art Bulletin 58 (1976). p. 615.; Cardon, Carol M. The Berlin Painter and His School. Ann Arbor, Michigan: University Microfilms, no. 78-3069, 1977. p. 62, no. 73; p. 81; pl. 48.; Johnston, Alan. Trademarks on Greek Vases. Warminster: Aris & Phillips, 1979. p. 158, type 10F, no. 8.; Kurtz, Donna C., and John D. Beazley. The Berlin Painter. Oxford: 1983. pp. 52, 76, and 89.; True, Marion, and Jiri Frel. Greek Vases. Molly and Walter Bareiss Collection. The J. Paul Getty Museum. Malibu: 1983. pp. 32-35, no. 21, fig. 21a-c; p. 75, no. 97.; Williams, D.J.R. "Close Shaves," Ancient Greek and Related Pottery. Proceedings of the international Vase Symposium in Amsterdam, April 12-15,1984. Amsterdam: 1984. pp. 275-281. p. 280, n. 38.; "Acquisitions/1986." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 15 (1987), pp. 160 - 161, no. 7.; Euwe, J. "The Shape of Early Nolan Amphorae (490-480 B.C.): the Origin and Relation with Other Small Neck-Amphorae," Proceedings, 3rd Symposium on Ancient Greek and Related Pottery, Copenhagen, Aug. 31-Sept. 4, 1987. Copenhagen: 1988. pp. 144-151. p. 151, n. 4, no. 8.; Beazley Addenda: Additional References to ABV, ARV2, and Paralipomena. 2nd ed. Compiled by T. Carpenter with T. Mannack and M. Mendonca. Oxford: 1989. p. 192.; Oakley, John. H. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. Walters Art Gallery 1 (USA 28). Baltimore: 1992. p. 6, under comparanda.; Neer, Richard T. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum. The J. Paul Getty Museum 7 (USA 32). Malibu: 1997. pp. 5-7, no. 4; pls. 331-332; and 335, 1-2.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002) p. 75.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 7th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007), p. 31, ill.; Jubier-Galinier, C. "Les Ateliers de Potiers: le Temoignage des Doubleens Amphorae" In Shapes and Uses of Greek Vases. Athena Tsingarida, ed. (Bruxelles: CReA-Patrimoine, 2009), 47-58. , p.52, fig. 4c.