Greek Attic Vase

Exekias amphora with ajax and achilles playing a game.

Greek attic vase.

Attic red figure column krater by myson ca. Ancient greek vase production and the black figure technique. The pottery of ancient greece from c. Attic greek black glazed kylix ancient art antiquities.

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. Instead of marble headstones heavy large elaborate vases were used for funerary urns presumably by the wealthy in an aristocratic society that. A new direction in greek pottery. Attic red figure column krater by the nausicaa painter.

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. Every piece is a replica of an actual historic vessel from a museum or other collection. Oinochoe from rhodes ancient greek geometric pottery wine jug museum replica. 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.

A fine example of early vase decoration is the attic black figured hydria below. Make offer attic greek black glazed kylix. Story book of greek mythology. Vase painters articulated individual forms by incising the slip or by adding white and purple enhancements mixtures of pigment and clay.

Ancient replica handcrafted greek vase museum quality 750 b c. 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. 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. 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.

Further pottery with its durability even when broken and lack of appeal to treasure hunters is one of the great archaeological survivors. In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets. Studying ancient history relies on the written record but artifacts from archaeology and art history supplement the book. Pottery tell us a good deal about daily life.