The two art pieces that I would like to compare are the Greek Warrior Krater of the Mycenae culture and the relief done of Ramose’s brother May and his wife Werener. There are many similarities that I noticed which caught my eye when I saw the ceramic art of the Mycenaean culture.
One of the similarities can be seen when you look at the way they drew the eyes of the individuals in each of these art pieces. The way that the eyes are drawn on the Mycenaean Warrior Krater is the same as the ones drawn on the relief of Ramose’s brother and his brother’s wife. They both appear to be drawn as if you were looking at them from the front. Also, the eyes are all similar to one another. Even when you compare the eyes of Ramose’s brother and his wife they are quite similar to one another with very little differences aside from Werener’s husband having a longer eye length. However, the shape of these two individual’s eyes are nearly the same. The same pattern can be seen in the ceramic vase done by the Mycenaean artist. Each of the individuals have the same exact shape. However, unlike with the relief of the Werener and her husband Ramose’s brother there really isn’t any subtle differences between them.
Moreover, as mentioned in the text there isn’t any real emotion being displayed in the art pieces. This can be seen with both the Warrior Krater and the relief. This could be related to the way that the eyes are drawn or it could be the way that the artists during that time agreed the way art was supposed to be accepted among their fellow artists and other viewers. What I mean by that is that maybe they didn’t have the desire to show emotion on their art work. However, as explained in the text it appears that emotion was displayed through the body rather than the face. The woman in Warrior Krater doesn’t have any emotion on her face. Also, to note is that she has nearly the same exact face as the warriors with a slight difference in her nose. Her nose lacks the swoop that is seen with the warriors. Nevertheless she is showing emotion by waving them off. Whether you perceive it as sadness or a woman being strong and holding her head high and not letting the thought of sadness overwhelm her that some of these brave men may not return home it is clear to see that she does care about the soldiers. The same lack of facial emotion is apparent in the relief. Both Ramose’s brother and his wife Werener are not showing facial emotions, but you can tell by their body language that the love one another and are together. Werener is seen having her hand positioned on her husband’s shoulder and it is as if her husband continuing the embrace with his own arm the way that it is tucked in against his chest.
Furthermore, the bodies in both of the art pieces are drawn showing much of the front of the individuals. This frontal view can be seen in a lot of the art pieces of Eygpt and it appears as if the same can be seen among the Mycenaean culture.
In conclusion there are similarities with the style used to produce each art piece despite them being drawn by two different cultures in two different locations.
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