Greek Pottery Ms. Stanberry

Greek Pottery Greek pottery developed from a Mycenaean tradition, borrowing both pot forms and decoration. The earliest stylistic period is the Geometric, lasting from about 1000 to 700 bce.

Greek Pottery Greatly expanded Greek trading activities during the late 8th and early 7th centuries BCE led to a growing Eastern influence on Greek pottery painters. This “Orientalizing” phase is first apparent in works made in Corinth in about 700 BCE. At this time Asian motifs found their way onto all makes of Greek pots.

Athenian painters adopted this black-figure pottery style around 630 BCE but emphasized human figures rather than Oriental animal motifs as pictorial themes Greek Pottery It applies to pottery where the main figures are in black. This type of pottery is achieved by painting on a thin layer of liquid clay is painted on to the unfired pot. Details on the figures were achieved by scraping a way this wash. Due to the high iron content of the clay it turns brown or black when fired.

What scene do you think is shown on this vase? Is it a time of war or a time of peace?

Greek Pottery Red-figure pottery, invented at Athens about 530 bce, is just the reverse of the black-figure style in that the reddish figures appear light against the black background of the pot surface.

Zeus stands holding a lightning bolt in one hand and a royal scepter in the other.

Athene stands facing Poseidon Athene stands facing Poseidon. The goddess wears her snake-trimmed cape and holds a spear. Poseidon has his trident.

Birth of Athena Does this scene look familiar? Where have you seen a similar style.

Winged Boar

Greeks were one of the first civilizations to place names on their pottery. Creating pottery as an art form. Greek pottery began to decline surprisingly early, in the mid-5th century BCE. Because of the inherent limitations of the curving pot surface, pottery painters could no longer compete with the rapid strides toward naturalism taken by painters of larger works such as wall paintings.

Mouth Lip   Neck Shoulder   Wall Base / Foot 

Pelike Pelike comes from the Red-figure period. This vessel held oil. From the 5th century, funerary pelikai stored cremated remains. Its appearance is sturdy and practical. Woman and a youth, by the Dijon Painter. Apulian red-figured pelike, c. 370 B.C. at the British Museum.

Black Figure Studies on a Pelike

Column Kraters were sturdy, practical jars with a foot, a flat or convex rim. The earliest column krater comes from the late 7th century or earlier. Column kraters were most popular as black figure in the first half of the 6th century. Corinthian column-krater, c. 600 B.C. at the Louvre. Column Kraters

Loutrophoroi were tall and slender jars for weddings and funerals, with long, narrow neck, flaring mouth, and flat tops, sometimes with a hole in the bottom. Earliest examples are from the 8th century B.C. Most black figure loutrophoroi are funerary with funerary painting. Protoattic loutrophoros, by the Analatos Painter (?) c. 680 B.C. at the Louvre. Loutrophoroi

Loutrophoroi

Calyx kraters have flaring walls, and the same type of foot used in the loutrophoros. Like other kraters, the calyx krater is used for mixing wine and water. Popular during the red-figure era. Side A of an Attic red-figure calyx-krater, c. 400-375 B.C. From Thebes. Calyx Krater

Calyx Krater

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