PREFACE
I. TECHNICAL PROCESSES IN THE MAKING OF MODERN POTTERY AND THEIR APPLICATION TO THE TECHNIQUE OF ANCIENT VASES
PREPARATION OF THE CLAY
FASHIONING THE VASES
FIRING THE VASES
GLAZING
RED OCHRE WASH
WERE ATHENIAN VASES MADE FOR EVERY-DAY USE?
II. REPRESENTATIONS OF ANCIENT POTTERS
DECORATING THE VASES
MISCELLANEOUS SCENES
REPRESENTATIONS WRONGLY INTERPRETED AS POTTERY SCENES
POTTER’S IMPLEMENTS
III. REFERENCES TO THE POTTERY CRAFT IN ANCIENT LITERATURE
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
IV. THE FIRING OF THE VASE
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
