Thursday, March 26, 2015

Horses of Poseidon

Horses of Poseidon
c. 540 BC

Terracotta wine cups from ancient times  shaped and decorated and fired according to traditional models  for use at the ritualized drinking parties staged century after century by upper-class Greek men.

Warriors
c. 560-550 BC

Warrior Between Eyes
c. 520 BC

Sphinxes
c. 550-540 BC

Hen
c. 540 BC

Panther
510 BC

Flute Girl with Wine Cup
c. 510 BC

Flute Girl Binding Hair
500 BC

Youths
c. 500-475 BC

Youths
c. 480-470 BC

Youths
c. 460-450 BC

Youths
c. 420 BC

These unlikely survivors  conceived and embodied in the remote past of the Old World  are today preserved (among many others of equal splendor) in the New World  at the Metropolitan Museum.