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Greek Ceramics and Vase Painting

Greek Ceramics and Vase Painting. Pre-Greek Minoan. Minoan culture was located on Crete Lasted appr . 3100 BCE – 1100 BCE Two main types of pottery: Marine and Kamare. Kamare -Geometric line -Repetition. Marineware -Sea life imagery -Organic lines. Geometric (900-650 BCE).

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Greek Ceramics and Vase Painting

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  1. Greek Ceramics andVase Painting

  2. Pre-Greek Minoan • Minoan culture was located on Crete • Lasted appr. 3100 BCE – 1100 BCE • Two main types of pottery: Marine and Kamare

  3. Kamare • -Geometric line • -Repetition • Marineware • -Sea life imagery • -Organic lines

  4. Geometric (900-650 BCE) • Largely found on funerary urns • Imagery divided into tiers or layers • Figures represented by basic geometric forms

  5. Archaic (600-480 BCE) • Less emphasis on surrounding motifs • Focus on larger central figures • Often tell a mythological or historical narrative Exekias. The Suicide Of Ajax.

  6. Black Figure Painting • The natural reddish color of the ceramics acts as a background. • Black is slip is applied to create imagery, then is carefully engraved away for details and fine lines.

  7. Red Figure Painting • Red figure painting used slip to fill the background negative space. • Details could then be painted on the figures with a fine brush. • This allowed for much finer control of lines.

  8. Red Figure Black Figure

  9. Amphora: 2 handled. Used for transporting oils and wines Krater: Wide shape. Water and wine were mixed in before drinking. “Punch bowl” Hydria: 3 handles. Used for carrying and pouring water. Kylixand Kantharos: drinking cups Loutrophorus: Water container for wedding and funeral rituals LebesGamikos: Water container for wedding ceremonies

  10. Kylix Kantharos Calyx Krater Volute Krater

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