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Greek A rt and Pottery

Greek A rt and Pottery. Archaic Greece. Geometric Art. In Greece’s transition from the Dark Age into the final stages of the Archaic period, artistic change accompanied political change. DARK AGE Simplistic geometric designs on plain jars and pitchers. Geometric Art.

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Greek A rt and Pottery

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  1. Greek Art and Pottery Archaic Greece

  2. Geometric Art • In Greece’s transition from the Dark Age into the final stages of the Archaic period, artistic change accompanied political change.DARK AGE • Simplistic geometric designs on plain jars and pitchers

  3. Geometric Art EARLY ARCHAIC AGE – 9th to 8th centuries • Vases 1.5m and more in height were completely covered with narrow encircling bands of small tight zigzags, triangles, diamonds, swastikas, and occasionally circles.

  4. Geometric Art MID ARCHAIC AGE – 8th century • Animal and human figures appear as a minor part of the decoration, usually in bands of repetitive little figurines, normally reduced to silhouetted geometric shapes. • Human figures with triangle torsos, blob like heads, stick arms and bulged legs. • Animals with this elongated necks and legs

  5. Evolution of Geometric Art • Gradually as Greek culture prospered, the stiff geometric silhouette became looser, details appeared, and scenes began to develop which occupied more space. • Geometric bands soon swerved as borders for scenes with figures that slowly became more natural.

  6. Vase Painting – Black Figure • Vase painting throughout this period was in the Corinthian black figure style, with figures painted in black on a surface which preserved the reddish colour of the clay. • The black colour was achieved through painting the clay with a slip which turned black in the heat of the kiln • Details were incised with a sharp tool, so a red line showed through the black. • Scenes included everyday activities such as men gathering olives as well as incidents from mythology such as Heracles.

  7. Vase painting – Red Figure • At about 530 BC, Athenian vase painters began using a new technique, essentially the opposite of the black figure technique. • Figures were outlined on the red clay surface of the vase and the background was then filled with black. • Details were not scratched on, but painted on with a fine brush, creating firm lines. • Ultimately this would evolve into images of realistically drawn bodies with detailed costumes.

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