COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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AMICO~1~1
The AMICA Library
Collection
true
AMICA ID:
AIC_.1976.2
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AIC_.1976.2
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
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Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Object Type
false
Creator Name:
Unknown
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Unknown
Creator Name
false
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Mediterranean
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European; Southern European; Mediterranean
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Dates/Places:
Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
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Ancient Greece Early Western World,Ancient Mediterranean,Ancient
Creator Dates/Places
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Greek
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Greek
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
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Pyxis (Container for Personal Objects)
Title
false
Title Type:
preferred
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preferred
Title Type
false
View:
3/4 view
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3/4 view
View
false
Creation Date:
Geometric Period, 760/735 B.C.
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Geometric Period, 760/735 B.C.
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
-760
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-760
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
-735
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-735
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Earthenware
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Earthenware
Materials and Techniques
false
Classification Term:
Vessel
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Vessel
Classification Term
false
Subject Description:
This circular box, or pyxis, was used to contain cosmetics, jewelry, trinkets, or other personal items. Its surface decoration exemplifies the age known as the Geometric Period because of the precise and mathematical style of its painted designs. The handle of the lid is in the form of four horses presented in the Geometric style (so Geometric can be used to refer either to the period or to the style) with cylindrical bodies, short flat necks, tubular heads, and otherwise flat forms. Horse handles appeared first in Geometric works either as a single horse or a pair, and later in teams of three or four, as here. The presentation of inanimate forms as animate beings either human or animal, as in the handle of this pyxis, is a characteristic trait of Greek art in this and other periods.
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This circular box, or pyxis, was used to contain cosmetics, jewelry, trinkets, or other personal items. Its surface decoration exemplifies the age known as the Geometric Period because of the precise and mathematical style of its painted designs. The handle of the lid is in the form of four horses presented in the Geometric style (so Geometric can be used to refer either to the period or to the style) with cylindrical bodies, short flat necks, tubular heads, and otherwise flat forms. Horse handles appeared first in Geometric works either as a single horse or a pair, and later in teams of three or four, as here. The presentation of inanimate forms as animate beings either human or animal, as in the handle of this pyxis, is a characteristic trait of Greek art in this and other periods.
Subject Description
false
Creation Place:
Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens
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Europe,Greece,Greater Athens,Athens
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H.: 28.6 cm (11-1/4 in.); Diam.: 35.9 cm (14-1/8 in.)
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H.: 28.6 cm (11-1/4 in.); Diam.: 35.9 cm (14-1/8 in.)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Art Institute of Chicago
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The Art Institute of Chicago
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
Chicago, Illinois, USA
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Chicago, Illinois, USA
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
1976.2
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1976.2
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
The Art Institute of Chicago, Costa A. Pandeleon Endowment
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The Art Institute of Chicago, Costa A. Pandeleon Endowment
Credit Line
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html"target="_new">http://www.artic.edu/aic/rights/main.rights.html</a>
Rights
false
Context:
The horses take on a social significance as emblems of aristocracy, since the raising of horses was an aristocratic pursuit that only the rich could afford. Greece in the Geometric period was an agrarian society with large landowners and tenant farmers. Emerging from the recession caused by the fall of the Mycenean kingdoms, Greece began to form cities (poleis), initiated the Olympic Games, and sent out colonies east and west.
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The horses take on a social significance as emblems of aristocracy, since the raising of horses was an aristocratic pursuit that only the rich could afford. Greece in the Geometric period was an agrarian society with large landowners and tenant farmers. Emerging from the recession caused by the fall of the Mycenean kingdoms, Greece began to form cities (poleis), initiated the Olympic Games, and sent out colonies east and west.
Context
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
AIC_.E26411.TIF
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AIC_.E26411.TIF
Related Image Identifier Link
false