Terracotta kylix (drinking cup)

Douris

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, two women with their garments Exterior, obverse and reverse, women and youths Though later in date, this scene has the same directness and charm as that of the woman at a laver (1986.322.1). Here, two women, nude except for the fillets binding their hair, put aside their carefully rolled-up garments. The exterior shows women and youths in conversation. It is difficult, and perhaps unnecessary, to characterize the situation precisely. Douris liked to depict such encounters.

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