A Tour of Five Eras Essay
Words: 1195 Pages: 4 5487The best representatives of Greek and Roman culture for the Greco-Roman room of the museum are the terra cotta amphora Funerary Crater and marble sculpture Emperor Caracalla, respectively (Benton and DiYanni, pp. 38, 61). Funerary Crater, created by an unknown artist in the eighth century BC, is decorated with black-figure images typical of the Geometric period, mainly depicting mythological symbols and scenes (Benton and DiYanni, p. 38). This fits well with the Greek culture, which was totally permeated by mythological […]