The Craft of Athenian Pottery / An Investigation of the Technique of Black-Figured and Red-Figured Athenian Vases
The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Craft of Athenian Pottery, by Gisela M. A. (Gisela Marie Augusta) Richter
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART PUBLICATION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION
THE CRAFT OF ATHENIAN POTTERY BY GISELA M. A. RICHTER
OF THIS BOOK 500 COPIES WERE PRINTED IN MAY 1923
500 ADDITIONAL COPIES WERE PRINTED IN MARCH 1924
THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART
AN INVESTIGATION OF THE TECHNIQUE OF BLACK-FIGURED AND RED-FIGURED ATHENIAN VASES
BY GISELA M. A. RICHTER, Litt.D. ASSOCIATE CURATOR, DEPARTMENT OF CLASSICAL ART
NEW HAVEN YALE UNIVERSITY PRESS LONDON · HUMPHREY MILFORD · OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS MDCCCCXXIV
Gisela M. A. Richter
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CONTENTS
ILLUSTRATIONS
PREFACE
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
FASHIONING THE VASES
DECORATING THE VASES
FIRING THE VASES
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
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
IV. THE FIRING OF THE VASE
FOOTNOTES
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
