Greek Attic Vase

Studying ancient history relies on the written record but artifacts from archaeology and art history supplement the book.

Greek attic vase.

Pottery tell us a good deal about daily life. Instead of marble headstones heavy large elaborate vases were used for funerary urns presumably by the wealthy in an aristocratic society that. In black figure vase painting figural and ornamental motifs were applied with a slip that turned black during firing while the background was left the color of the clay. Make offer attic greek black glazed kylix.

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. A fine example of early vase decoration is the attic black figured hydria below. Attic red figure nolan amphora by hermonax ca. Attic red figure column krater by the nausicaa painter.

Oinochoe from rhodes ancient greek geometric pottery wine jug museum replica. Ancient replica handcrafted greek vase museum quality 750 b c. Every piece is a replica of an actual historic vessel from a museum or other collection. Vase painting fills many of the gaps in literary accounts of greek myth.

Attic greek black glazed kylix ancient art antiquities. Exekias amphora with ajax and achilles playing a game. In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. Story book of greek mythology.

A new direction in greek pottery. Attic black figure vases can be dated as far back as the 7th century bc while the red figure style evolved later and was also adopted by the greek colonies in southern italy which developed a unique style of their own. We produce 4 types of vases geometrical corinthian black figure vases red figure vases white ground vases we try as much as possible to stick to the materials and methods used by ancient greeks. Attic red figure column krater by myson ca.

Vase painters articulated individual forms by incising the slip or by adding white and purple enhancements mixtures of pigment and clay. Interest in greek art lagged behind the revival of classical scholarship during the renaissance and revived in the academic circle round nicholas poussin in rome in the 1630s. Attic pottery was exported to magna graecia and even etruria the preference for attic vases led to the development of local south italian and etrurian workshops or schools strongly influenced by attic style but producing exclusively for local markets. Further pottery with its durability even when broken and lack of appeal to treasure hunters is one of the great archaeological survivors.