cma-greek-roman-art:Neck Amphora, Painter of Berlin 1899, 515-510BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Gree
cma-greek-roman-art:Neck Amphora, Painter of Berlin 1899, 515-510 BC, Cleveland Museum of Art: Greek and Roman ArtThe amphora was one of the most popular vase shapes towards the end of the 6th century BC. The expansive belly of this vase is well-suited to the more active and voluminous figures introduced in the 6th century. Side A: Herakles wrestles with the Nemean lion while Athena looks on. To the left is his nephew, Iolaos, holding his uncle’s wooden club. Side B: Dionysus celebrates a drunken thiasos (reveling scene) with satyrs and maenads.Size: Diameter: 29 cm (11 7/16 in. Overall: 39.8 cm (15 11/16 in.)Medium: black-figure terracottahttps://clevelandart.org/art/1970.16 -- source link