Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Brygos Painter

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, komast (reveler) In a wonderfully loose-limbed pose, the drinker looks to his left and, thanks to the walking stick on which he leans, twists to the right with his right leg bent. The himation (cloak) that falls over his back serves as a kind of curtain against which the body is disposed. The figure holds a kylix in his right hand. A large basket hangs on the wall to the right.

Greek and Roman Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Museum's collection of Greek and Roman art comprises more than thirty thousand works ranging in date from the Neolithic period (ca. 4500 B.C.) to the time of the Roman emperor Constantine's conversion to Christianity in A.D. 312. It includes the art of many cultures and is among the most comprehensive in North America. The geographic regions represented are Greece and Italy, but not as delimited by modern political frontiers: Greek colonies were established around the Mediterranean basin and on the shores of the Black Sea, and Cyprus became increasingly Hellenized. For Roman art, the geographical limits coincide with the expansion of the Roman Empire. The department also exhibits the art of prehistoric Greece (Helladic, Cycladic, and Minoan) and pre-Roman art of Italic peoples, notably the Etruscans.

Metropolitan Museum of Art