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	Etruscan Pottery
		Athenian pottery of the 6th century BC often features narrative scenes composed of fl figures painted on a light inset background panel, while the surrounding vase surface is a deep, lustrous fl.
		The drawing on Greek ware of this period is often of the highest quality, and the subject matter is an inexhaustible mine of information on Greek life and thought.
		In the 6th century the influence of the Greeks emerges and forms change: alabastrums, amphoras, kraters, kylixes, etc., decorated with incised, modelled, or applied birds and animals in friezes or in association with geometric schemes appear.
	www.mysteriousetruscans.com /art/pottery.html (2054 words)

	Greek Art - Crystalinks
		Greek pottery is frequently signed, sometimes by the potter or the master of the pottery, but only occasionally by the painter.
		Greek sculpture, often in the form of Roman copies, was immensely influential during the Italian Renaissance, and remained the ³classic² model for European sculpture until the advent of modernism in the late 19th century.
		But among the Greeks themselves the two works of Pheidias which far outshone all others, and were the basis of his fame, were the colossal figures in gold and ivory of Zeus at Olympia and of Athena Parthenos at Athens, both of which belong to about the middle of the 5th century.
	www.crystalinks.com /greekart.html (4178 words)

	Ceramics Today - Greek Ceramics
		Pottery painters in Attica were the first to paint narrative scenes from popular myths about their Gods and Heroes; episodes from Homer's Epics, the Iliad and Odyssey, featuring such gods as Apollo or Dionysos and heroes such as Achilles or Herakles and his Twelve Labours or Exploits.
		Pottery design and decoration had blossomed into flower during the course of the early fifth century BC by the beginning of the next century it had lost much of its creativity.
		Greek pottery was manufactured in a variety of different shapes and sizes according to the use to which a particular vessel would be put.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/ancient_greek_ceramics2.htm (5353 words)

	Ceramics Today - Greek Ceramics
		However, in the wider field of History of Art, Greek Pottery is also of considerable value for the light it sheds on the development of Greek pictorial art, which is in effect the beginning of European Drawing and Painting.
		Although the techniques of making pottery are similar all over the Greek world, on the eastern side of the Aegean world the pottery decoration was based more on the spirals, curvilinear patterns and lively drawing of the Minoans than the more regimented geometric style developing in mainland Greece.
		Quality decorated pottery was highly valued abroad and, with their eyes on this export market, the Corinthians manufactured very small decorated pots that were suitable for shipment in large quantities.
	www.ceramicstoday.com /articles/ancient_greek_ceramics.htm (3541 words)

	ancient greek pottery
		The potter's wheel used by the ancient Greeks was built of wood, stone, or fired clay and was approximately two feet in diameter.15 It was balanced on a pivot underneath and spun manually.
		In the images of pottery workshops that we have, the tasks of forming the vases on the wheel and of painting them are divided between potters and vase-painters.
		One of the stranger depictions of pottery establishments is a rough sketch on a Boeotian fl-figured skyphos (plate 20.)45 This silhouette drawing shows the master of the workshop (as he has been referred to by both Beazley and Richter) sitting on a block with a kylix in his left hand.
	www.cm.aces.utexas.edu /faculty/skrukowski/writings/pots.html (8437 words)

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		In the study of all ceramicandendash;making cultures, pottery is used as a chronological indicator because pottery shapes and decoration change over time.
		Greek pottery also provides important documentation for many aspects of ancient Greek life through painted scenes, especially on Attic Black and Red Figure vessels.
		Because of the Greek painters' fondness for labeling individual characters in a legend, we are able in some instances to piece together parts of scenes from lost plays or obscure myths.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /Greek_World/pottery.html (322 words)

	pottery
		Pottery is one of man's oldest art forms.
		The red-figure method of decorating pottery began in the fifth century B.C. and shows figures and scenes left in the natural red of the clay.
		This example of fl figure pottery was made by painting fl slip onto the red colored clay to make the design.
	library.thinkquest.org /6339/arts-pottery/pottery1.html (244 words)

	Greek Pottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pottery is usually painted with designs related to how the pot was used.
		Wealthy men were the main buyers of fine pottery, so many pots showed great funerals and grand horses, which only the wealthy could afford.
		The Black figure (painted on red backgrounds) from the 6th centuries, and the Red figure pottery (painted on fl backgrounds) from the 5th BC, are the most famous styles of pottery painting from ancient Greece.
	library.thinkquest.org /19317/htm/pottery.htm (416 words)

	Notebook
		Whereas in the Mycenaean period pottery was decorated as a whole and a single motif covered the entire area, either in the form of flowers or sea life, octopi, and so on, now the surface of the pot was separated into parallel bands of geometric patterns.
		His pottery is distinguished by grand and restrained dramatic action, a striking balance and harmony, and a naturalness of movement.
		In addition to these pottery painters there is a series of other great artists each of whom in his own particular style animated the vases with their portrayals, such as the 'Berlin master', the 'Brygos painter', Myson, Panaitios, Makron who was the painter of the potter Hieron, Daris, Onesimos, and others.
	www.noteaccess.com /MATERIALS/Ceramics/AncGr.htm (4491 words)

	General Information on Ancient Greek Pottery
		The chief bond of the various Greek tribes was their common language, not identical, but sufficiently alike in different families to sustain intercourse.
		It was common also to the Egyptians and the Romans, and among all nations served the purposes of a cellar for the storage and preservation of all kinds of provisions.
		From the early days of fine pottery, the Greeks admired it, and the art was cultivated by the patronage of the wealthy and refined.
	www.hellenic-art.com /pottery/potteryinfo.htm (1257 words)

	Greek Geometric Pitcher (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The symmetrical, wheel-thrown vessels are the prototypes for the standard range of Greek vase shapes throughout later Greek culture.
		Fully developed by 700 BCE, geometric Greek pottery is characterized by designs painted in fl slip over the lighter body, with circular bands of pattern, most often geometric in nature covering the entire exterior surface of the vessel.
		The subject matter of Greek Geometric pottery is almost always battle scenes featuring chariots and warriors or funeral processions, as seen on this OLPE (pitcher).
	netra.glendale.cc.ca.us /ceramics/greekgeometricpitcher.html (340 words)

	Teacher Packet: Greek Pottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Through the study of Greek pottery -- some of the most common material remains of ancient Greek culture -- we are able to correct and supplement our picture of the past derived from the preserved writings of ancient poets, historians and public record keepers.
		An interdisciplinary approach to Greek pottery enables one to integrate a picture of the ancient past by considering relationships between different modes of cultural expression, such as connections between art, history, and literature.
		Achieving proper assessment of the depictions on Greek pottery is one of the most difficult tasks which faces art historians.
	www.joslyn.org /teach/packets/pots/gpottery.html (522 words)

	roman pottery
		In this case the figurative painting on the pottery surface was replaced with actual sculptural relief work which could be stamped in moulds and applied to the surface of the vase before painting and firing.
		Arretine roman pottery provides a good example of the marriage of Greek stylistic influence with existing craftsmanship and it reached its greatest period of popularity during the age of Augustus.
		In contrast to the Greek love for a fl glaze, which allowed the artist to reserve the natural red ground as a base colour for expressive artwork and figures, the Romans developed a preference for a unified red, shiny, glaze which lent itself well to the relief figure decorations.
	www.mariamilani.com /ancient_rome/roman_pottery.htm (2279 words)

	Ancient Greek Pottery 2/2
		While the Pottery material is terracotta red due to the Fe it contains it can be made fl by heating it in a reducing atmosphere that produces FeO or Fe which is fl (Using wet wood in the space where the material is heated it allows oxygen atoms to be removed from the material (reduction)).
		One has to consider that the Greeks had no thermometer but some say that the color of a heated material can be used to visually estimate accurately enough the temperature.
		Ancient Greek Pottery with its decoration, showing mythological or real life scences is an important source of ancient Greek culture.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Pottery2.htm (1430 words)

	Greek Pottery
		In the field of painted Greek pottery, it may without exaggeration be considered the finest Greek vase there is. The photgraphs demonstrate clearly and immediately why the heater has become the keystone of the Museum's collection of Greek vases.
		Painted Greek vases are known from the second millennium B.C. until almost the end of the first century B.C., and pottery was produced from one end of the Greek world to the other.
		After that Attic pottery went into a slow but steady decline, and no vases of any note were painted after the middle of the fourth century B.C., though, as we shall see, vase painting continued in other parts of the Greek world.
	www.yasou.org /ancient/pottery.htm (3327 words)

	Ancient Greek Pottery 1/2
		The Pyxis is a box-shaped pottery with a lid and used for ointments and cosmetics.
		Their duty was to mix the wine, bring in the mixers and with long handled ladles or with wine-jugs dip the wine from the mixers (kraters) and fill the drinking cups for the guests, who received them as they reclined upon the couches.
		Among the Greeks the drinking horn received elaborate development, and was technically designated by the term rhyton, (from rheo flow), since it had a small opening at the bottom which the drinker put into his mouth and thus allowed the wine to run in.
	www.mlahanas.de /Greeks/Pottery.htm (1062 words)

	2d. Greek and Roman Painting [Beyond Books - History of Painting]
		The Greeks covered their pottery with detailed illustrations of figures living and moving in a complex world.
		These spirited paintings relate entire stories of Greek heroes and gods, the glories of monarchs, and explanations for how the world was created and why — sometimes all on a single vase.
		One of the few Greek works that uses shading to show the three-dimensionality of figures is a 4th-century B.C.E. stag-hunting mosaic from Pella, Alexander the Great's birthplace, in northern Greece.
	www.beyondbooks.com /art11/2d.asp (1178 words)

	Sifnos Pottery: Traditional Ceramic art in Greece
		It is not known when pottery began on the island though it is mentioned by Theophrastus in the third century B.C..
		Sadly this is the case with many of the old potters and there are only a handful now creating, but they still use the traditional tools and except for some embellishments, the art has not changed all that much in the last few thousand years.
		In Vathy at the far end of the beach is the workshop of one of Sifnos most traditional potters and visitors are welcome.
	www.greektravel.com /sifnos/pottery.html (380 words)

	Greek Picture Pottery
		Through the study of Greek pottery -- some of the most common material remains of...
		Origins of pottery and ceramics including pictures of classical Greek pottery and artifacts: Amphoras, Pithos and vases depicting mythology, heroes or ancient history.
		Greek pottery also provides important documentation for many aspects of ancient...
	www.atikokanarts.com /pottery/6/greek-picture-pottery.asp (207 words)

	Greek Pottery: Ancient Decorative Greek Vases, Roman and Grecian Urns
		Our choices of Italian and Greek pottery are reproductions of European antique vases and pottery - they depict Greek art at its best; carved onto some of our vases are the deep revered history of the Italian culture.
		Most of our Italian pottery and unique ancient Greek pottery are also fitting home furnishings that will allow for the creation of unique flower arrangements and floral design.
		A collection of Greek pottery can make an inviting arrangement when the cultural aspects of the Greek civilization are tied into the body of the pottery.
	www.kaccents.com /For_Home/Pottery/Pottery_3.htm (797 words)

	Greek Art - History for Kids!
		Greek art is mainly in four forms: architecture, sculpture, painting, and painted pottery.
		We have very little Greek painting from the Classical period; most of what we have is from the Bronze Age.
		Greek Art and Archaeology (3rd Edition), by John G. Pedley (2002) This is NOT a children's book, but it has a lot of good information and is pretty readable.
	www.historyforkids.org /learn/greeks/art/greekart.htm (354 words)

	Pottery
		Earthenware is a pottery clay mixture that is fired at a lower temperature.
		In this unit you will study the pottery making of the Navajo, learning about processes used by potters, about the philosophy underlying the making of Navajo pottery, and about the purpose for which various pots are made.
		Students will be introduced to techniques of pottery, the different types of Greek vases, and the mythological paintings on the Greek pottery plus they will create their own Greek vase.
	www.42explore.com /pottery.htm (1191 words)

	Ancient Greek Pottery
		Decorated in the style of the Xenon Group, this miniature version of the larger Chous was commonly used as children's play ware.
		Though it is from central Magna Graecia, this style is not considered "true" Greek; trefoil spout; Circa 375 B.C.; intact, no signs of repair; fl glaze with natural vine pattern; approx.
		Large South Italian red-figure pottery shard of male with staff; Circa 400 B.C.; 8" x 3 in.
	www.7cs.com /greece/grkpot.htm (179 words)

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		The powerful city of Corinth was the innovator in pottery decoration and dominated pottery exportation in the 7th and early 6th centuries b.c.
		Gnathian-style pottery appeared around the middle of the 4th century b.c.
		Both sides portray scenes of mythological battle, which symbolize the Greek preoccupation with struggle as well as their love for detailed battle narrations.
	www.museum.upenn.edu /Greek_World/pottery_images.html (1034 words)

	Greek Pottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Undecorated fl pottery was used throughout Greek and Hellenistic times, the forms being related either to those of decorated pottery or those of metalwork.
		Even in the Bronze Age, the Greeks took advantage of oxidizing and reducing kilns to produce a shiny fl slip on a cream, brownish, or orange-buff body, the shade depending on the type of clay.
		Another Greek style featured outline drawing on a white ground, with added colors imitating monumental painting; these vessels, however, were impractical for domestic use.
	killeenroos.com /1/GREEKPOT.htm (468 words)

	Greek Pottery
		When it comes to Greek pottery and vases, there is no disputing about tastes...
		Very few Greek painted pictures have survived the 2500 years since they were painted...
		Greek painted pottery changed a good deal over time, from the Stone Age to...
	www.atikokanarts.com /pottery/6/greek-pottery.asp (224 words)

	Tampa Museum of Art - Collections, Antiquities (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Pottery, sculpture, glass and metal artifacts reveal the exciting history of these ancient cultures.
		Museum Purchase with funds provided by Friends of the Arts and Pavilion XV Herakles, one of the most important figures in Greek mythology, is depicted in the company of Athena and Hermes on the front side of this amphora.
		As such, Herakles became a role model for Greek youth and a patron of athletic pursuits; he was an inspiration for youths to attain the unattainable.
	www.tampagov.net /dept_museum/Collections/Antiquities/index.asp (294 words)

	Pottery in Ancient Greece
		Pottery was important to the ancient Greeks for storage.
		Pottery was made by shaping clay on a wheel, decorating the pot, and then heating the clay in a kiln.
		It showed Greek gods and goddesses as well as scenes from everyday life.
	www.historylink102.com /greece3/pottery.htm (226 words)

	Greek Pottery (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The study of Greek pottery provides visual information to correct and supplement that derived from the writings of ancient poets, historians, and public record keepers.
		Although some remaining examples of Greek pottery were intended to impress and endure as "monumental art," most pots were made for use in daily life to fulfill ordinary or special domestic needs.
		The term "hydria" comes from the Greek word hudor, or water, and suggests that the piece was used to hold and carry water.
	www.joslyn.org /permcol/ancient/pages/greek.html (327 words)

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