Search results
13 maj 2020 · 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 canon. Vases for oils were called lekythos, and those for cosmetics and perfumes were much smaller and called aryballos and alabastron.
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 ...
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.
The following vases are mostly Attic, from the 5th and 6th centuries, and follow the Beazley naming convention. Many shapes derive from metal vessels, especially in silver, which survive in far smaller numbers.
Take a closer look at the beautifully preserved designs on red-figure and black-figure pottery in the Greek vases gallery.
25 lip 2023 · In Ancient Greece, vases were a commonplace item. There was no explanation needed as to what they were or how they were used. They each served a different purpose; likewise, there were many Ancient Greek pottery terms to go along with the different uses.
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. Produced from the 4th century BCE they were popular in Attica and Magna Graecia.
