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In 1969 he located the graves of Paestum in the Magna Greece, southern Italy, with the first arrivals Greek pictorial samples to us, other than those contained in the ceramic.
The tombs consisted of five slabs are of the box or sarcophagus and reflect local customs and ideas of the medium italic, and that the Greeks usually cremaban los cadáveres. No obstante, las pinturas que las decoran son claramente helénicas, realizadas alrededor del año 480 a.C. Los sarcófagos miden aproximadamente 2.30 cm de largo por 100 cm de ancho. Las pinturas no estaban hechas para ser admiradas por los vivos ya que al cerrar las cajas, las mismas quedaban en el interior, esta es la razón por la cual pudieron conservarse durante tanto siglos. La más famosa es la Tumba del Saltador, que debe su nombre a la figura de un joven desnudo en actitud de saltar a las aguas del mar. El trazado de las figuras demuestra el dominio de la anatomía del cuerpo humano.

La Tumba del Saltador.-

The tomb of the diver .- Archaeological Museum of Paestum .- (approx. 480 BC) The top slab that serves as a lid to the coffin is decorated with two schematic trees framing the figure of the diver who is thrown from a building into the sea. The jump represents the transition from the dead to the eternal world, unknown, water symbolizes the purifying element. Mystical conception of death and resurrection of the philosopher Pythagoras.


The tomb of the diver .- The four slabs represent lower a symposium or banquet, typically Greek custom where men only came to celebrate any event. Diners appear lying on a furniture called Klinai and supported on pillows. It was common during the banquet were held activities such as games, dances and poetry recitals, often end up drunk patrons. In one of the slabs cut, two people to go to the banquet preceded by a young piper. The other short slab is decorated by a naked servant serving wine to guests. The two big slabs depict scenes from the feast, each with five figures. In the picture look to five guests in three Klinai resting, some say the glass of wine and other instruments music. It reflects an erotic environment that results in suggestive glances and caresses it was not contrary to Greek customs. "... The couples represented have one of the fundamental guidelines of the homosexual relationship in Greece that has educational, social and initiative. The boy was brought to life in community, both in the sexual aspect in the warrior or politician by her lover and protector. He contributed, moreover, the rite of passage to adulthood of Adonis. Homosexuality, in this sense, was one of the essential aspects of Greek social life and the underlying love games were included in the customs of all cops .... "
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Apart from the paintings on the tombs of Paestum, not preserved samples of Greek painting, and his knowledge is possible only through the ceramic and descriptions by historians and poets of the time, this is how names like Polygnotus , especially Parrasio Apelles, painter to Alexander the Great have come to us.
a result of the above, then the painting will look through the ceramic cups or Greeks.