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Title	Attic red-figure amphora, Achilles.
Creator	Achilles Painter (Attic vase painter, active ca. 470-ca. 425 BCE)
Date	440 BCE?
Cultural Context	Aegean Ancient Greek Greek European Western European
Style/Period	Greek (ancient) Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles) Red-figure Classical High Classical Polykleitan
Subject	Pottery Vases Men Heroes Military personnel Fictitious characters Myths Legends Spears Military uniforms Uniforms Hairstyles Patterns (Design elements)
Description	Achilles, in contrapposto Polykleitan stance.
People Pictured	Achilles (Greek mythology)
Measurements	H: 23 3/5 in (60 cm)
Technique	Painting (image-making)
Work Type	Sculpture Vases Vase paintings Pottery Amphorae (storage vessels) Ceramics (objects)
Repository	Vatican Museums [Musei Vaticani] (Vatican City, Rome, Italy)
Source	Pedley, John Griffiths. Greek Art and Archaeology. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/ Prentice Hall, 2007. (fig. 8.50, p.283)
Rights	Photo credit/reproduced in Pedley courtesy: © Scala Archives, Florence.
Digital Publisher	University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format	image/jpeg
Digital File Name	VRC 978-14.jpg
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