Pottery in ancient Pottery in ancient GreeceGreece

Pottery was made of….Pottery was made of….

• Baked CLAY ….the natural colour of this material was RED

There are manykinds of vessels…

Kinds of potteryKinds of pottery

• Krater

• Hydriae • Jug

• bowl• Urn• Cup

Caraffa

Urna

Coppa

Cratere

Idria

Calice/tazza

USEMost pottery had a practical purposepractical purpose

which determined its shape• storage and transport vessels • mixing vessels • jugs and cups • vases for oils, perfumes and

cosmetics.

TECHNIQUESTECHNIQUES

• BLACK FIGURE TECHNIQUE

• RED FIGURE TECHNIQUE

BLACK FIGURE TECHNIQUEBLACK FIGURE TECHNIQUE

•Black paint with red+white details

ORIGIN: Corinth (early 7th century BC)

Until: 6th century BC

RED FIGURE TECHNIQUERED FIGURE TECHNIQUE

• 530 BC

Pots are painted black

Figures are painted red

It slowly replaced the black figure style

A vessel and its partslips

mouth

neck

arms

belly

foot