Dipylon Vase

The Geometric Style is a style of Greek art preserved largely in the form of vase painting that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages, circa 900 BCE to 800 BCE. Its' centre was in Athens and was diffused amongst the trading cities of the Aegean. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2550x1900, 3595 KB) Description: Prothesis scene: exposure of the dead and mourning. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2550x1900, 3595 KB) Description: Prothesis scene: exposure of the dead and mourning. ... The Greek Dark Ages (ca. ...

Vases in the Geometric style are characterized by many horizontal bands about the circumference covering the entire vase, between these lines the geometric artist used a number of other decorative motifs such as the zigzag, the triangle, the meander and the swastica. Besides abstract elements painters of this era introduced stylized depictions of humans and animals which marks significant departure from the earlier Protogeometric Style. Many of the surviving objects of this period are funerary objects a particularly important class of which are the amphorae that acted as grave markers for aristocratic graves, principly the Dipylon Amphora by the Dipylon Master. Its very easy to find the area of a triangle the formula is Italic textbase times Italic texthight equals (area of a square). ... The swastika (卐) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles either clockwise or anticlockwise. ... After the collapse of the Mycenaen-Minoan Palace culture and the ensuing Greek Dark Ages the protogeometric style emerged around the mid 11th century BCE as the first expression of a reviving civilisation. ... The Diplyon Master was a Greek vase painter who was active circa 760 to circa 735 BCE. He worked in Athens, where he and his workshop produced large funerary vessels for those interred in the Dipylon cemetery, from whence his name. ...

Linear designs were the principal motif used in this period. The meander pattern was often placed in bands and used to frame the now larger panels of decoration. The areas most used for decoration by potters with shapes such as the amphorae and lekythoi were the neck and belly; which not only offered the greatest liberty for decoration but also emphasised the taller dimensions of the vessels. The word linear comes from the Latin word linearis, which means created by lines. ... In the context of the applied arts, engineering, architecture and other such creative endeavours, design is both a noun and a verb. ... In literature, a motif is any recurring element that has symbolic significance. ... A man shapes pottery as it turns on a wheel. ... Pottery An amphora is a type of ceramic vase with two handles, used for the transportation and storage of perishable goods and more rarely as containers for the ashes of the dead or as prize awards. ...

The first human figures appeared around 770 B.C. on the handles of vases. The male was depicted with a triangular torso, an ovoid head with a blob for a nose and long cylindrical thighs and calves. Female figures were also abstract. Their long hair was depicted as a series of lines, as were the breasts, which appeared as strokes under the armpit. The human torso Torso is an anatomical term for the greater part of the human body without the head and limbs. ... Look up abstract, abstraction in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

References

John Boardman:Early Greek Vase Painting, 11th to 6th Century BC, 1998.

 Geometric Style is also a way to make or draw something using basic shape such as squares, triangles, and circles.