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The names we use for Greek vase shapes are often a matter of convention rather than historical fact. A few do illustrate their own use or are labeled with their original names, while others are the result of early archaeologists' attempt to reconcile the physical object with a known name from Greek literature—not always successfully.
24 maj 2013 · Figure-of-eight Vase - named after the distinctive handle shape, from the Minoan civilization. Fish Plate - a flat dish with a short foot used for serving fish and seafood. A central depression collected excess oil.
2 sie 2011 · The system of names used today for Greek vases has quite rightly been described by one leading scholar as 'chaotic'. Many of the names were first applied in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by scholars who tried to fit the names of pots that they knew from Greek and Latin literature or inscriptions to the pieces then surfacing from ...
16 mar 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.
13 maj 2020 · Ancient Greek vases, hailing primarily from Athens, fell into four main categories: Storage vessels; Mixing vessels; Cups and jugs; Vases for cosmetics and perfumes; Types of Greek Vases. What were ancient Greek vases used for? Function most certainly dictated the shape and size of the vessel, and there were very few deviations from the general ...
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.
Take a closer look at the beautifully preserved designs on red-figure and black-figure pottery in the Greek vases gallery.
