1. Ancient Greek pottery Studio in Ceramics

2. Based on these shapes, what do you think some of the functions/purpose of Ancient Greek Pottery were? Record your answers under the Purposes Column.

3. Black Figure Pottery 620 - 480 BCE What do you know about Ancient Greek culture/society? What questions do you have about this piece of pottery? Black Figure Pottery Facts: -Red clay-terra cotta -Black figures and patterns made from black Glaze -Line designs incised afterwards

5. Design: -Functional-handles -Narrative located in a band -Figures drawn in motion and to Fit in the space available in the Band -Decorative repeating patterns -symmetry -Some of the pottery was made Using a potter’s wheel, some was Made by hand construction, for example, With slabs

6. Red Figure Pottery 530 – 380 BCE Red Figure Pottery Facts: -Red terra cotta clay -Black linear designs and Backgrounds painted on later -This approach allowed for more Refined detail

7. One of these images is from an older time period than the other. Which do you think is older? What were some of the visual clues that helped you choose?

9. Project Guidelines Create a vase that is made out of a slab Add a lip that turns either in or out Vase does not need to be round. You can alter the shape with a paddle Incising two figure drawings. Figure Drawings will show a figure in motion