From Ancient Greece The Importance of Pottery Storage containers cookware and dishes were as necessary for the Ancient Greeks as they are for us Without much glass and with metal being expensive clay was a very handy material ID: 370545
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Pottery
From Ancient GreeceSlide2
The Importance of Pottery
Storage containers, cookware and dishes were as necessary for the Ancient Greeks as they are for us.
Without much glass and with metal being expensive, clay was a very handy material.Slide3
Clay!
Clay is inexpensive and readily available.
It is weathered rock that has crumbled to dust.
The impurities in clay give it varying colors.For instance, red clay contains iron.Slide4
More Clay!
It is easily worked and can be shaped as desired.
Once fired it is quite strong and waterproof.
It makes an ideal material for containers of all sorts.
Clay turns to ceramic once fired in a Kiln
.
Slip
– a mixture of clay and water
Kiln
– a closed oven used for firing clay to make it waterproof.Slide5
Type of Pottery Building
Wheel-Thrown Pottery – Thrown by hand on a potter’s wheel that could be either manually or
eletrically powered.Slide6
Type of Pottery Building
Coil Pot – Built with a series of layered rolls of lay built up to create a hollow formSlide7
Type of Pottery Building
Mould
-Made Pottery – Can be made two ways: (1) a potter may “cast” a molded pot by pouring a liquid clay into a ceramic mold or (2) may be formed by hand a slab of clay shaping it around or inside a stone mould, bat, constructed specifically for this purpose.Slide8
Technique
Painters prepared slip and painted it to the pot’s surface.
They used a 3 step technique to fire the pot to get it’s red appearance.Where the slip was not painted, the pot would turn red, because it was exposed to oxygen in the kiln.Slide9
Pottery Art
Only men were allowed to make pots in Ancient Greece, though women were permitted to paint them.
Pottery was frequently made by slaves.What survives is often not high art. Really valuable containers tended to be made of bronze, silver or gold. However, little of this survives because the metal was reused. Pottery fragments, having no real value, survive.Slide10
Pottery Art
Despite it being a lesser form than metal-craft, some excellent creations exist.
Greek pottery and painting evolved into a significant art form.Slide11
Form
andFunction
Pots were shaped according to their function!Slide12
Type and Function
Amphora - transportation of goodsH
ydria - water jarOlpe – vessel for wineKrater
- mixing wine and waterLekythos - ceremonial oil jarOinochoe
- pouring wine
Kantharos
- cup for drinking
Kylix
- cup for drinking
,
sometimes purely for decorative purposeSlide13
Periods and Styles
Pottery is one of the oldest surviving art forms from Ancient Greece.
Works and fragments survive from the 2
nd millennium BC to the end of the 1st century BC.
Greek pottery was traded throughout the Mediterranean world and beyond.Slide14
Black Figure
The Black-figure style really did not dominate until the 6
th century BC.
Artists painted black images silhouetted against the natural red clay background.Details were inserted by etching the black figures.
White or purple paint could then be added.Slide15
Black FigureSlide16
Red Figure!
The red-figure style appeared between 530-525 BC.
It was achieved by simply reversing the black figure painting.The red figures are kept and the background is painted.
This is more difficult but it allowed the design to be seen better at a distance and it leaves the shape of the pot more visible.Slide17
Red FigureSlide18
Greek Pottery
By the end of the 5
th century BC, pottery painting seemed to lose its status as an art form. Some suggest that metal bowls and vases were now favored by the rich.
In the 3rd century BC, the painting of pottery before firing seem to end. Decoration was now separate from potting entirelySlide19
Studio Time!
You will be creating a Greek-Inspired Pot.
Think of your own Greek Myth, Symbol, or Story!On paper, sketch out your choice of a design:What shape pot do you want? What is going to be it’s purpose?
What Greek Myth are you going to portray? How will you design your characters to reflect the style of Greek times?Slide20
Black or Red Figure Narrative!
Create a story that speaks to you! You can create any narrative, like a war scene, daily living, a time in your life as illustrated in Greek times! Be CREATIVE!