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[[Image:Maenads Eros Louvre M70.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Dionysos]] (here unseen), [[maenad]]s and [[Eros]], [[hydria]] by the Louvre CA 928 Group, ca. [[375 BC|375]]–[[360 BC]], [[Louvre]]]] |
[[Image:Maenads Eros Louvre M70.jpg|thumb|right|180px|[[Dionysos]] (here unseen), [[maenad]]s and [[Eros]], [[hydria]] by the Louvre CA 928 Group, ca. [[375 BC|375]]–[[360 BC]], [[Louvre]]]] |
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'''Kerch Style''' is the name of a style of ancient Greek vase painting, principally seen on vases found in the [[Hellenistic civilization|Ancient Greek]] trading city of [[Panticapaeum]] (now called [[Kerch]]). The style is characterized by slender mannered figures and a polychromatism given to it by the use of white paint and gilding. It is the last major style of Attic [[red-figure]] period best represented by the Marsyas Painter whose works include the [[British Museum]] pelike representing [[Peleus]] taming [[Thetis]] and the [[Hermitage Museum|Hermitage]] ''[[lebes|lebes gamikos]]''. |
'''Kerch Style''' is the name of a style of ancient Greek [[Red-figure pottery|red-figure]] vase painting, principally seen on vases found in the [[Hellenistic civilization|Ancient Greek]] trading city of [[Panticapaeum]] (now called [[Kerch]]). The style is characterized by slender mannered figures and a polychromatism given to it by the use of white paint and gilding. It is the last major style of Attic [[red-figure]] period best represented by the Marsyas Painter whose works include the [[British Museum]] pelike representing [[Peleus]] taming [[Thetis]] and the [[Hermitage Museum|Hermitage]] ''[[lebes|lebes gamikos]]''. |
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Kerch Style is the name of a style of ancient Greek red-figure vase painting, principally seen on vases found in the Ancient Greek trading city of Panticapaeum (now called Kerch). The style is characterized by slender mannered figures and a polychromatism given to it by the use of white paint and gilding. It is the last major style of Attic red-figure period best represented by the Marsyas Painter whose works include the British Museum pelike representing Peleus taming Thetis and the Hermitage lebes gamikos.
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