Detail View: Design Library Image Collection: Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game

Accession Number: 
84570
Call Number: 
dErGK e a
Order Title: 
Combination Gardner's "Art Through the Ages" 12th ed. & Jason's "History of Art" Rev. 6th Ed.
Type of View: 
side
View Title: 
detail
Image description: 
Style/period: black-figure ; Alternate title: Achilles and Ajax Playing Chess ; Type: neck amphorae ; cdb
Image Rights: 
copyright protected
Source Institution: 
NCSU Libraries
Collection: 
Design Library Image Collection
Culture: 
Greek
Culture: 
Attic
Subject: 
clothing
Subject: 
amphorae (storage vessels)
Subject: 
men (male humans)
Subject: 
mythology, Greek
Work Types: 
Furnishings & Equipment; containers; vessels (containers); vases
Preferred Title: 
Achilles and Ajax Playing a Board Game
Agent Display: 
Exekias (Ancient Greek painter, active 540-520 BCE)
Date: 
ca. 530 BCE (creation)
Materials: 
terracotta
Locations: 
Greece
Location Type: 
(creation)
Locations: 
Vatican Museums, Vatican City, Vatican City (state), Holy See
Location Type: 
(repository)
Style/Period: 
Greek (ancient)
Style/Period: 
Archaic (Greek)
Style/Period: 
Attic (Mainland Greek pottery styles)
Style/Period: 
Black-Figure
Classification: 
Decorative Arts
Classification: 
Painting and Drawing