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Larger Image	Larger image may be viewed by UofL faculty, staff, and students only (log-in required using ULink username/password) at: http://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=http://vrc-web.louisville.edu/Jpegs/970/975-41.jpg
Title	Attic bilingual (black-figure and red-figure) amphora, Herakles driving a bull.
Creator	Andokides Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 530-ca. 515 BCE)
Date	520 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Archaic (Greek) Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) Black-figure Red-figure Bilingual (vase painting)
Theme	Sculpture (visual work) Pottery (object genre) Ceramics (objects) Amphorae (storage vessels) Jars Storage vessels Vessels (containers) Containers (receptacles) Vases Vase paintings Friezes (ornamental areas) Scenes (depictions) Myths (literary documents) Mythology (literary genre) Folklore Folk tales Legends (folk tales) Figurative art Figures (representations) Profiles (figures) Men (male humans) Heroes Costume (mode of fashion) Chitons Clubs (weapons) Weapons Quivers Torches (lighting devices) Animals Domestic animals Cattle Bulls (animals) Tails (animal components) Motion Trees Patterns (design elements) Handles
Subject	Sculpture Pottery Vases Containers Myths Legends Fictitious characters Men Heroes Clothing & dress Hides & skins Arms & armament Torches Cattle Bulls Animals Locomotion Human locomotion Animal locomotion Trees Patterns (Design elements)
Description	From Andokides' workshop.
People Pictured	Heracles (Greek mythology) Hercules (Roman mythology)
Measurements	H: 21 in (53 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making) Sculpting
Work Type	Sculpture Pottery Ceramics (objects) Amphorae (storage vessels) Vases Vase paintings
Repository	Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, Massachusetts)
Source	Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 6.87, p.203)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Pedley courtesy: © Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund 99.538.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 975-41.jpg
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