Ancient Greek potteryStudio in Ceramics

Based on these shapes, what do you think some of the functions/purpose of Ancient Greek Pottery were?

Record your answers under the PurposesColumn.

Black Figure Pottery

620 - 480 BCEWhat do you know about Ancient Greek culture/society?

What questions do you have about thispiece of pottery? Black Figure Pottery Facts:-Red clay-terra cotta-Black figures and patterns made from blackGlaze-Line designs incised afterwards

Design:

-Functional-handles

-Narrative located in a band

-Figures drawn in motion and to Fit in the space available in the Band

-Decorative repeating patterns

-symmetry

-Some of the pottery was madeUsing a potter’s wheel, some wasMade by hand construction, for example,With slabs

Red Figure Pottery

530 – 380 BCE

Red Figure Pottery Facts:-Red terra cotta clay-Black linear designs andBackgrounds painted on later-This approach allowed for moreRefined detail

One of these images is from an older time period than the other. Which do you think is older?What were some of the visual clues that helped you choose?

Project Guidelines

• Create a vase that is made out of a slab

• Add a lip that turns either in or out

• Vase does not need to be round. You can alter the shape with a paddle

• Incising two figure drawings.

• Figure Drawings will show a figure in motion