Terracotta fragments of a kylix (drinking cup)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Interior, beard and part of upper torso of man who is vomiting; Exterior, one rim fragment shows the head, neck, and part of the upper torso of a bearded, filleted man, seated on a chair, with his himation draped over his left shoulder and the front of his chest; head, upper torso, and buttocks of a filleted youth to right, with his left arm behind him and his right arm bent; at the bottom right, an unidentified object; in between them a kylix hangs on the wall; a second rim fragment has part of a kylix hanging on the wall; a third rim fragment shows a lekythos or olpe hanging on the wall; a fourth fragment has part of a draped figure and fingers?; a fifth fragment has black glaze

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