The Craft of Athenian Pottery

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Gisela M. A. Richter. The Craft of Athenian Pottery

The Craft of Athenian Pottery

Table of Contents

PREFACE

I. TECHNICAL PROCESSES. IN THE MAKING OF MODERN POTTERY AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE TECHNIQUE OF ANCIENT VASES

PREPARATION OF THE CLAY

Ingredients and properties

Washing

Wedging

FASHIONING THE VASES

(1) WHEELWORK

Types of wheel

Throwing

Turning

Work in sections

Polishing

Attachment of handles

(2) BUILDING

(3) MOULDING

FIRING THE VASES

Production of Temperature

Types of kilns

Packing the kiln

Firing

Number of firings

Injuries in the firing

GLAZING

RED OCHRE WASH

WERE ATHENIAN VASES MADE FOR EVERY-DAY USE?

II. REPRESENTATIONS OF ANCIENT POTTERS

FASHIONING THE VASES

DECORATING THE VASES

FIRING THE VASES

Representations of potter’s kilns

MISCELLANEOUS SCENES

REPRESENTATIONS WRONGLY INTERPRETED AS POTTERY SCENES

POTTER’S IMPLEMENTS

III. REFERENCES TO THE POTTERY CRAFT IN ANCIENT LITERATURE

PREPARATION OF THE CLAY

FASHIONING THE VASES

(1) WHEELWORK

(2) BUILDING

FIRING THE VASES

RED OCHRE WASH

POROSITY OF GREEK POTTERY

THE STATUS OF POTTERS

CONCLUSION

I. THE PREPARATION OF THE CLAY

II. THE FASHIONING OF THE VASE

III. THE DECORATION OF THE VASE

a. Black-figured Technique

b. Red-figured Technique

IV. THE FIRING OF THE VASE

Footnote

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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Gisela M. A. Richter

An Investigation of the Technique of Black-Figured and Red-Figured Athenian Vases

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POTTER’S IMPLEMENTS

III. REFERENCES TO THE POTTERY CRAFT IN ANCIENT LITERATURE

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