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except the sail which is made out of a tiny piece of cloth. This type of model is classical, and the boatmen are facing the front of the boat. The oarsmen are painted red-brown, with black details (e.x eyes and hair), and white is used for the boats trim and the oarsmen skirts. The colours were made from earth pigments and other natural materials. Powdered pigments were mixed with water soluble gum to make glue tempera. Brown paint was made from iron ore, white from limestone and lack from soot (info of this sentence taken from (http://www.artsconnected.org/media/c0/e1/8b9f16a8ab23a36aecc30e8bcc24/document.pdf).

The oarsmen on the boat are stiff and are too carved from wood. Some of their faces are round and some are stolid (with edges), with smooth faces or tired ones. Truly making the figures unidealistic, since some of the boatman look to perfect. The boatmen’s hair is very short for hygienic purposes and people in that time usually wore wigs so the hair could symbol a wig. The hair is also tight curls and the figurines have dark skin, reflecting where they come from. Facial hair was discouraged in that time so the oarsmen did not have any facial hair at all. The Nile River provided Egyptians daily transportation, as well as water for the people and animals. The complete water boat model was placed in Egyptian tombs to insure that the dead would have transportation to their afterlife. Since, a boat was a basic means of transportation in the past. It represented the ability to trade and travel in the boatmen’s afterlife. It also represented a journey that would usually be made by oarsmen to the sacred city of Abydos (which is located on the Nile River). This is where Osiris the god of the underworld, was buried. At first the...

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...hilles surviving. This scene was so meaningful to the Greek people that it was placed on a krater, in order to be used at important parties in order to mix both wine and water.

I personally love this vase, the Bell Krater. Even though the vase itself might not seem like a hard piece to accomplish, or a big symbolic piece, I still love everything about it. I adore the colours used, the black as a background and the yellow for the people and details. This to me was a great choice for colours because the yellow/gold makes the actual scene to pop out. The detail also on the krater is amazing. All of the trimming, embroidery, and Greek mythological detail is extraordinary. It must have taken a lot of patience, effort, pride, and time to accomplish such a simple, but powerful art piece. I also like the story behind the creation of this krater. It was created

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