Greek Attic Vases

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.

Greek attic vases.

Though modest collections of vases recovered from ancient tombs in italy were made in the 15th and 16th centuries these were regarded as etruscan it is possible that lorenzo de medici bought several attic vases directly. A fine example of early vase decoration is the attic black figured hydria below. 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. Further pottery with its durability even when broken and lack of appeal to treasure hunters is one of the great archaeological survivors.

About forty vases have been selected to give undergraduates a view of greek painted pottery 800 300 bc. The pottery of ancient greece has a long history and the form of greek vase shapes has had a continuous evolution from minoan pottery down to the hellenistic era. Ancient greek vase production and the black figure technique our mission is to provide a free world class education to anyone anywhere. Attic komast cup a variety of kylix louvre.

Every piece is a replica of an actual historic vessel from a museum or other collection. 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. Diagram of the parts of a typical athenian vase in this case a volute krater. Khan academy is a 501 c 3 nonprofit organization.

In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. 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. By looking closely at them you will be able to observe how shapes techniques and styles of decoration change. 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.

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. Vase painters articulated individual forms by incising the slip or by adding white and purple enhancements mixtures of pigment and clay.