REPRESENTATIONS of MYTHOLOGICAL WAR SCENES in ATTIC FIGURE POTTERY and APPROACHES in RESEARCH

Abstract

Comprehensive changes in the subject repertoire of the Athenian Figure Pottery manifested itself by the second quarter of the 6^th century BC, by which anthropocentric subjects substituted the animal frieses. Gigantomachy, Iliupersis, Centauromachy and Amazonomachy were the most frequently depicted mythological war scenes from the second quarter of the 6^th century until the middle of the 5^th century BC. On the other hand Grypomachy and Geranomachy along with Amazonomachy were the most favoured subjects on the Athenian Red Figure Pottery in the 4^th century BC. Some researchers including S. Colvin, F. Vian, D. Bothmer and B. Schiffler classified the mythological war scenes on the Athenian Figure Pottery typologically and investigated the iconographic changes in the course of time. Also some others like B. Tarbell, T. Hölscher, M. Langner, M. Mangold attempted to explain their meaning and submitted different proposals for their interpretation. Considering the different approaches in research, this paper aims to provide an overview to the compositional and figural iconography of the mythological war scenes on the Athenian Figure Pottery. In the last part some remarks and problems related to the subject are discussed.  

Keywords

• Machy,Athenian Figure Pottery,Gigantomachy,Iliupersis,Amazonomachy

Attika Üretimi Figürlü Seramiklerde Mitolojik Savaş Tasvirleri ve Araştırmalarda Yaklaşımlar

Abstract

M.Ö. 6. yüzyılın 2. çeyreği ile birlikte Attika üretimi figürlü vazoların konu repertuvarında antroposentik konulara doğru belirgin bir geçiş gözlemlenir. Bu dönemden itibaren M.Ö. 5. yüzyıl ortalarına kadar Gigantomakhia, Iliupersis, Kentauromakhia ve Amazonomakhia Attika üretimi figürlü vazoların konu repertuvarında önemli bir yer tutar.  Öte yandan M.Ö. 4. yüzyılda Attika üretimi kırmızı figürlü vazolar üzerinde en çok tercih edilen mitolojik mücadele sahneleri Amazonomakhia, Geranomakhia ve Grypomakhia’dır. Mitolojik mücadele sahneleri 19. yüzyılın son çeyreğinden itibaren çeşitli şekillerde araştırmalara konu olmuştur. S.Colvin, F. Vian, D. v. Bothmer ve B. Schiffler gibi bazı araştırmacılar sahneleri ya da figürleri tipolojik olarak sınıflandırmışlar ve farklı dönemlerdeki tipolojik değişimlerine değinmişlerdir. Öte yandan F.B. Tarbell, T. Hölscher, M. Langner ve M. Mangold gibi diğerleri ise sahneleri anlamsal olarak değerlendirmişlerdir. Bu çalışmada araştırmalardaki farklı yaklaşımlar dikkate alınarak, mitolojik savaş tasvirlerinde sahne kompozisyonlarının ve figür ikonografilerinin farklı dönemlerde geçirdikleri değişim anahatlarıyla sunulmuştur. Sonuç bölümünde ise genel bir değerlendirme yapılarak araştırmadaki problemler ortaya konmuştur.

Keywords

• Makhia,Attika Üretimi Figürlü Seramikler,Gigantomakhia,Iliupersis,Amazonomakhia

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