GREEK VASE DECORATION

Protogeometric Phase of Vase Painting

Utilitarian purpose for use as cups, jugs, storage containers

Minor art form

Geometric Phase of Vase Painting

Zigzags, diamonds, & maze pattern Vases more intricate in shape, larger (some up

to 6 feet) Covered with decor Horizontal bands or registers

Human figures made of triangles and lineshead, legs, & feet in profile; torso faces outwardAbsolute symmetry

Archaic Phase (style)

@ 500 B.C.E. Attempts @ 3 dimensional

objects More accurate depictions

(eyes) Fabric assumes shape &

fold of cloth Individual styles

developed (some had signatures)

Vase with Ajax & Achilles Playing Mora

Black Figure Pottery

Black on light red clay background

Details incised

White & dark colors addedWhite = women's flesh & old men's beardsRed = hair, horses' manes, parts of garments

Red-Figure Pottery

Figures in natural red clay against glazed black background

Contours & other internal lines in glaze, stand in relief

Incision used for contours of the hair, with touches of white & red added