Sunday, December 3, 2017
"The Odyssey" In Vase Art?
In viewing the following black and red figure vase art, Odyssey In Art; Odyssey In Art Part II, what do you notice about the artists' message concerning The Odyssey?
What symbols, manifestations, heroic elements, and other ideas we
discussed can you critique and comment upon. Your response is due during
class on Thurs., Dec. 7th.
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On this vase Odysseus and Circe are portrayed with anther mythological creature present as well. According the book Odysseus had a very long affair with Circe on an island and is in a way defeated in his heroines. In the vase it looks like he almost running after her much like in the books.
I think the art is really, really cool. It shows the Odyssey with pictures instead of us just creating pictures in our heads. It is also more than just an image. These are something that can be in someone’s home. They are similar to artifacts. It is cool to see how they are created onto vases. You can look onto a piece of art and see a story that dates back hundreds of years, and I for one think that’s amazing. Were these vases made hundreds of years ago during this time period, or were they made recently to document it?
In these few paintings and preserved vases representing “The Odyssey”, there is a consistent look of pride and wealth shown with Odysseus. Most of the paintings show him with silver plates and many different objects around him showing the power and wealth of him during these times. I have also noticed how highlighted Penelope is with most of the paintings. It shows her mourning and hoping odysseus will come back, and there are numerous paintings of her waiting, which signifies how important she was in the book. The detail in each painting is so very accurate and it is captivating how someone can capture so much of the story on one vase. The detail is also extremely interesting with the telling of a story.
In the artwork of The Odyssey there seems to be a message in each art piece. From the original text it has its confusing parts and its weird descriptions of things, along with how they are explained. With the art pieces it shows a message and what emotions are in each person’s being. For example in the Melian relief with Penelope and Eurykleia, it shows the true expression in the faces, even if in some of the work it looks nothing like the description when really it is more of how it is on the inside or on how it really does look compared to the book. The art is really cool, it shows good details in each story and it seems like it was really thought through.
I noticed that the artist painted people bowing down to Odysseus as a heroic figure. That symbolizes that people looked up to him. When they were in battles, the people followed Odysseus’ orders and listened to him. Although he was more stubborn and no where close to perfect, he was still a hero for numerous people.
In viewing the following black and red figure vase art, Odyssey In Art; Odyssey In Art Part II, what do you notice about the artists' message concerning The Odyssey? What symbols, manifestations, heroic elements, and other ideas we discussed can you critique and comment upon. Your response is due during class on Thurs., Dec. 7th.
I notice that the artists' message concerning The Odyssey is a very positive view. This artist sees it as, "an influential and eminent story with memorable scenes that have resonated throughout generations of both classical literature enthusiasts and art aficionados and collectors. " The images cultivated on these metals are shown to be very distinct in their story. They show as much reality to the story as they can. Odysseus is shown to have a bearded figure, and a very man like stature, in the sense that, especially upon his meet with Athena, he is shown to bow, and be of polite greeting. As the story goes on, however, Odysseus seems to become almost full of himself, as shown in the picture of Eurykleia washing Odysseus’ feet. But, to contradict that thought, Odysseus is shown to return to his wife, and son, and be a very plentiful and prospering human being. Upon his return to his wife, he somehow looks as though he is a better person, and wishes to do all that he can for his family. Seeing as this journey probably changed him for the better, I come to think that it is the idea and being of his wife that makes him a better person overall. Upon his return, he becomes less stubborn, more content, and more aware of his overall surroundings.
In the Art, he is portrayed as a great hero. He has God looking after him, mainly Athena, which shows up next to him several times in the art. He is always shown as the man who stands out, the one who is not a pig or the one who the wine is gifted too. In dress he is made to stand out. He has a plumed ornate helmet with following and significant weapons. He is made out to be great super star hero.
I noticed a lot of different things in the art that the author had connected to the odyssey. In most of the art I noticed odysseus, either talking to people with the peoples back turned, or him fighting and holding a sword. The swords in the art that odysseus is holding I think represents all the different fight and battles he had gone to. Odysseus was a man full of himself and thought he was the best and could fight anybody. Odysseus went to the battles to fight and prove to people that he could do anything, and he wasn't scared of anything. In one of the art pieces I passed while I was looking through them, I saw a sculptor and it looked like odysseus was trying to explain something with his hands and the people he was talking to looked really confused and not happy with him. I think it might have connected to the story, because in the story the people that had been counting on him to defeat everything and win, took him a while. He left everything behind and people were I guess not happy that it took him so long, so I think odysseus was trying to explain to them why it took him so long. Overall I think the art was connected to the odyssey in a lot of different ways.
The two art pieces showcased "The Odyssey" with images of the stories from Odysseus's journey. Each vase told a different story from the book. Like the one where Odysseus travels to the island and finds the cyclops in book 9. The message the artist was trying to present is the spread of the heroic journey and story of Odysseus.
I mostly noticed that the vase represents all of the challenges that Odysseus had to go through. This art piece makes him seem like a hero, but in reality hes really not. I think that's what the artist was trying to portray. Maybe they made it like that to fool the viewers almost, to make them believe that Odysseus is a hero, when really hes not. Its like a trick of the mind and I think that the symbols with all the challenges he has to face shows this.
I notice the vase, it really stood out to me. I believe it represents challenges Odysseus went through to get home. It helped me to look at him with a hero sense, when hes not because of the cruel things he has done to become a "hero". Its playing a trick with my mind which what I think the artist was trying to do, I think it was the goal.
The art pieces that were shown from "The Odyssey" represent certain journeys Odysseus faced. Each vase was different in their own way, because they represented a certain story. There were many weapons demonstrating the many battles Odysseus had to fight. I also noticed a lot of different scenes where they had people representing the story of the Odyssey.
The vase represented the challenges that Odysseus had to go through in order to return to his home in Ithaca. When Odysseus was trying to become a "hero" but he did many cruel things like what he did in book 9 to Cyclops. It's like a trick for your mind.
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