Getty Villa 2016
Images of their collection, from my 2016 trip.
Wine Cup with a Youth Kissing a Man
Greek, made in Athens, 510-500 B.C.E.
Red-figure kylix attributed to the Carpenter Painter
"On the interior of this Athenian red-figure kylix or cup, a seated youth pulls his older male lover down toward him for a kiss. In Athenian aristocratic circles in the Archaic period, older men often courted youths. Such homosexual relationships were viewed as a key element in the socialization of youths, involving strong elements of mentoring as well as eroticism."
Getty Villa Museum
Getty Villa 2016
Images of their collection, from my 2016 trip.
Wine Cup with a Youth Kissing a Man
Greek, made in Athens, 510-500 B.C.E.
Red-figure kylix attributed to the Carpenter Painter
"On the interior of this Athenian red-figure kylix or cup, a seated youth pulls his older male lover down toward him for a kiss. In Athenian aristocratic circles in the Archaic period, older men often courted youths. Such homosexual relationships were viewed as a key element in the socialization of youths, involving strong elements of mentoring as well as eroticism."
Getty Villa Museum