Animation: Ancient Greek art

#metkids made by kids The Metropolitan Museum of Art The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Good School present An original film from the #metkids animation lab Terracotta volute-krater Classical Era, Ancient Greece, ca. 450 BC. ♪ (rap music) ♪ (singing) (Tristan) By the way, that's a nice thing over there, that gray thing, ah, it's beautiful! (Nathaniel) Hey, what's this? (Tristan) It looks like a blue-- I have no idea-- I like the use of blue in the sword right there yeah. - (Nathaniel) Yeah, I know, right. - (Tristan) Yeah. Have you seen John lately? (Nathaniel) No, not at all. (Tristan) Where could that silly rascal be? - We've been waiting here for-- Oh jeez! - (John) (screams) - (Tristan) (screams) - (John) (zap!) (Nathaniel) Whoa, what happened? Whoa-- (zap!) (zap!) ♪ (rap music) ♪ (Greek figure) <i>Who goes there? We're trying to have a war.</i> (Tristan) Well, that seems rather silly. (Greek figure) <i>Why?</i> (Nathaniel) Well, there's no need for all the bloodshed. (Greek figure) How else will we fight? (John) We can show you. (Greek figure) What is it? (Tristan) One word: rap-battle. (Greek figure) What is rapping? (John) Let me show you. ♪ We come from the future and that's no lie. ♪ ♪ We'll teach you how to fight and not need to die. ♪ ♪ Get yourself some rhymes and a funky beat. ♪ ♪ Be ready to be taught if you can't take the heat. ♪ (Nathaniel) ♪ We're cool and we can rap. ♪ ♪ We'll show you up, now how about that? ♪ (Tristan) ♪ Best stop fighting, let me show you writing. ♪ ♪ Lyrics flowing out like water. ♪ (John) ♪ When you get all your victories on a silver dish. ♪ ♪ But all your weapons are like little fish. ♪ (Nathaniel) ♪ Amazons, Greeks, you're both the same: ♪ ♪ you both can't fight. ♪ (John) ♪ Prepare to battle us bosses. Prepare to add this to your losses. ♪ (Tristan) Snap! A film made by: Tristan, Nathaniel and John. what will you make? Music "Killing Time" Written and performed by kevin MacLeod © 2015 Metropolitan Museum of Art