Mar 16, 2018 · The pottery of ancient Greece from c. 1000 to c. 400 BCE provides not only some of the most distinctive vase shapes from antiquity but also some of the oldest and most diverse representations of the cultural beliefs and practices of the ancient Greeks.

The pottery produced in Archaic and Classical Greece included at first black-figure pottery, yet other styles emerged such as red-figure pottery and the white ground technique. Styles such as West Slope Ware were characteristic of the subsequent Hellenistic period, which saw vase painting's decline.

Greek pottery, the clay vessels of the ancient Greeks, important for their beauty of form and decoration and for their demonstration of changes in Greek pictorial art.

The pottery of ancient Greece has a long history and the form of Greek vase shapes has had a continuous evolution from Minoan pottery down to the Hellenistic period.

Take a closer look at the beautifully preserved designs on red-figure and black-figure pottery in the Greek vases gallery. The Greek Vase: Art of the Storyteller …

May 13, 2020 · Greek vases, with rich iconography and their distinctive decorative style, provide a rare look into life in Ancient Greece. Not only were they practical objects from the time, but …

Oct 1, 2002 · Between the beginning of the sixth and the end of the fourth century B.C., black- and red-figure techniques were used in Athens to decorate fine pottery, while simpler, undecorated wares fulfilled everyday household purposes. With both techniques, the potter first shaped the vessel on a wheel.

Aug 2, 2011 · Scenes on pottery may also illustrate the way the vases were used. Cups, bowls, jugs and wine coolers are shown in use at drinking parties, hydriai in fountain house scenes; small aryballoi, holding the perfumed oil that athletes rubbed on themselves after exercise, appear in scenes of the gymnasium.

Nov 5, 2019 · Here are some of the basic types of Greek pottery vases, jugs, and other vessels. Large patera dish; terracotta; c. 340-32 B.C.; H. without handles: 12.7 cm., 5 in. D: 38.1 cm., 15 cm. Artist: Patera Painter; Greek, South Italian, Apulian. Rebecca Darlington Stoddard/Yale University Art Gallery.

Made of terracotta (fired clay), ancient Greek pots and cups, or “vases” as they are normally called, were fashioned into a variety of shapes and sizes, and very often a vessel’s form correlates with its intended function.