The Warrior Vase

The early Aegeans were the predecessors of the Greeks. Their art and pottery were the framework for the Greek art famous today. Aspects of war crop up in both cultures’ art pieces. The two cultures are not without their differences, however. From a stylistic point of view, the Aegeans were more primitive in their understanding of anatomy, while the Greeks slowly progressed to showcase the human form realistically.
The Warrior Vase was a krater made in 1200 B.C.E. It depicts a group of warriors marching while a woman waves them goodbye. The soldiers are drawn with uniformity in mind, as there’s little deviation between each individual. One man’s nose could protrude more than another man’s, those minor details could just as well be the artist fumbling with their brush. After all, while anatomical correctness was something artists strived for in the later periods of Greek art, the Warrior Vase is eclipsed by the future styles.
One would suppose that their head and neck would not constitute one third of their body’s structure. The Warrior Vase was not proportionate, nor quite as detailed as some of the later works of the Greeks. Their hands aren’t

In other, more famous works, the narrative is often combined with symbolism to create context. Perhaps the look of despair from a man entangled in disembodied arms would mean people holding him back or trapped by desire. Lack of written history contributing to lack of definition notwithstanding, there can be some inference about the warriors depicted. For instance, the bindle near the tip of the spear could signify long journeys for the armies, paralleling the blanket sticks often seen over the shoulders of train hoppers and other vagrants. Their spears are shorter than what is common within normal art pieces observing the military, which could infer either a lack of preplanning during the crafting of this art, or perhaps a specialized unit who used shorter