Cheiron Vase - prescribed source
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- Created on: 03-05-21 11:13
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- Cheiron Vase 380BC
- Southern Italy, Red figure, Bell Krater, 380BC
- What is shown on the pot?
- unknown Comedy play being performed on a stage
- Cheiron (centaur) is being led up the steps by a slave, Xanthias. Cheiron played by two actors
- Chorus of Nymphs
- A boy, possibly Achilles
- Scenery on the stage - temple pediment (Temple of Apollo?)
- stage and steps
- Costumes/ Masks/ Props
- comic costumes
- short, padded, phallus (Xanthias), walking stick, props on stage possibly baskets
- Cheiron played by two actors
- Tragic costume
- The boy/ Achilles
- Comic masks
- exaggerated masks show the age of the characters
- Cheiron's eyes are shut becuase he' blind - continuity
- grotesque
- exaggerated masks show the age of the characters
- Props
- walking stick and basket
- comic costumes
- How is it useful?
- evidence of physical comedy - Cheiron
- potential for slapstick comedy
- stage scenery
- a play in performance
- not exactly realistic - chorus in top chorus
- masks used to determine age
- plays had mythical subject matter
- evidence of physical comedy - Cheiron
- Limitations
- Chorus position not realistic
- could be artistic licence
- Unknown play
- Why is Achilles in the play - is it because he's associated why Cheiron therefore would make this familiar to customers
- Chorus position not realistic
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