es, one can tell that they were crafted in very different styles, giving a distinct look to each. The contrast of light and dark on the two vessels are what stand out to make each piece unique. Anyone can notice that while Artemis Slaying Actaeon is mostly black, the Woman and Maid is very a luminous white. This contrast has to do with different sculpting techniques during the classical period. At the end of the early classical period, when the vase depicting Artemis was made, red-figure vessels were very popular. This meant that the pottery was covered in black glaze and then figures were carved away revealing the natural red color of the clay. Used later in the high classical period was a technique called white-ground. Used on the Woman and Maid, this meant using highly refined glaze on a vase that made it turn white, and then painting colors onto it in egg-based tempra paint. Another feature that easily sets the two works apart is their shape and size. The Bell Krater, which shows the slaying of Actaeon, is a wide, short vessel with a handle protruding from each side. It could hold much more liquid than could the Lekythos depicting the Woman and Maid, which is taller, but much thinner than the former.Composition of the works is one thing that very similar between these two pieces of art. Both are symmetrical, as are most vases, but the subject matter which they engulf is very asymmetrical. The focal point of both works seems to center near the symmetry line of the vase, and both focus on a gift. While the Woman and Maid, shows a gift of a chest of valuables; Artemis Slaying Actaeon depicts an unwanted gift of an arrow about to be shot through Actaeon. The focus is directed toward the bow and arrow by the circular arch of Artemiss body, and the action is suggested by the positioning of her arms and the line the arrow makes with Actaeons head. In Woman and Maid, the chest of valuables stands out because it is the only col...
