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The Judgment of Paris

Alternative Title
  • Storage Jar with the Judgment of Paris
  • Storage Jar with the Judgment of Paris and an Amazonomachy
  • Attic Red-Figure Pelike, Kerch Style
Creator Display
  • attributed to Painter of the Wedding Procession (Greek vase painter, active ca. 360s BCE)
Creator
Photographer
Date
  • -0365/-0355
Description
  • ne side of this vase shows the Judgment of Paris, a myth with a long history in Greek art. The young Trojan prince Paris sits amid three goddesses and their guide Hermes, god of travelers. Paris's task is to decide which goddess is the most beautiful: Hera, queen of the gods; Athena, goddess of wisdom; or Aphrodite, goddess of love. But this was no mere beauty contest. Paris chose Aphrodite because her bribe was the best: He could have whomever among mortal women he thought most beautiful. His choice of Helen, queen of Sparta, was the ultimate cause of the Trojan War. The other side of the vase depicts a battle of Greeks and Amazons, a favorite theme for vase painters in this period. The bold use of color, raised relief areas, and gilding on this vase is typical of the Kerch Style of Athenian red-figure vase painting, named for an area on the Black Sea coast of southern Russia where many of these vases were found. The pelike was a favorite shape for Athenian vase painters of the 300s B.C. --J. Paul Getty Museum
  • "Acquisitions/1983." The J. Paul Getty Museum Journal 12 (1984), pp. 241 - 242, no. 52.; Schefold, Karl. "Parisurteil der Zeit Alexanders des Grossen," Greek Vases in the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2. Occasional Papers on Antiquities, 3 (1985), pp. 119-126 .; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 1st ed. (Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1986), p. 51.; Schefold, Karl, and Franz Jung. Die Sagen von den Argonauten, von Theben und Troja in der klassischen und hellenistischen Kunst. Munich: 1989. p. 110; fig. 89.; Valavanes, P. D. Panathenaic Amphorai from Eretria, 1991. p. 295, 352, ill. pls. 140-141; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 3rd ed. (Malibu: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1991), p. 50.; Vallera-Rickerson, I. and M. Korma. "Merika ellenika ekthemata tou Mouseiou Getty", Archaiologia 43 (1992), pp. 84-87. p. 86, fig. 14.; Kossatz-Deissmann, Anneliese. "Paris Iudicium," Lexicon Iconographicum Mythologiae Classicae VII (1994), pp. 176-188. p. 181, no. 52a; pl. 118.; Sparkes, Brian A. The Red and the Black. Studies in Greek Pottery. London and New York: 1996. p. 26; fig. I:19.; Towne Markus, Elana. Masterpieces of the J. Paul Getty Museum: Antiquities. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997) p. 56.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 4th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 1997), pp. 52-53.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 6th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2001), pp. 14 (detail), 52-53.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Antiquities Collection (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2002) p. 83.; Cohen, Beth, ed. The Colors of Clay: Special Techniques in Athenian Vases, exh. cat. (Los Angeles: The J. Paul Getty Museum, 2006) pp. 11-12, fig. 3. (incorrectly cited as 87.AE.10), pp. 337-338, cat. no. 104, figs. 104.1-104.2.; The J. Paul Getty Museum Handbook of the Collections. 7th ed. (Los Angeles: J. Paul Getty Museum, 2007), p. 35, ill.
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  • Front
View Date
  • 1986-04
Temporal
  • ca. 360 BC
Coverage
  • Athens, Periféreia Protevoúsis, Greece (creation)
Keyword
  • Trojan Myth, Priorto, Iliad
  • Judgment of Paris
Work Type
Cultural Context
Style / Period
Material
  • terracotta | polychromy; gilding
Measurements
  • Height: 48.3 cm; Diameter: 27.2 cm
Rights Holder
  • University of Oregon, Department of Classics
Identifier
  • Lowenstam_VRC_00041
Item Locator
  • Box 1, Section 2
Repository
Current Repository ID
  • 83.AE.10
Local Collection Name
Institution
Submission Date
  • 08/03/2015
Modified
  • 07/25/2022
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