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CONTENTS

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List of Illustrations[vii]
Preface[xi]
Chapter I. Technical Processes in the Making of Modern Pottery and their Application to the Technique of Ancient Vases[1]
Preparation of the Clay[1]
Ingredients and Properties[1]
Washing[2]
Wedging[2]
Fashioning the Vases[4]
(1) Wheelwork[4]
Types of Wheel[4]
Throwing[7]
Turning[10]
Work in Sections[15]
Polishing[19]
Attachment of handles[20]
(2) Building[26]
(3) Moulding[27]
Firing the Vases[29]
Production of Temperature[29]
Types of Kilns[32]
Packing the Kiln[34]
Firing[35]
Number of Firings[37]
Injuries in the Firing[44]
Glazing[47]
Red Ochre Wash[53]
Were Athenian Vases Made for Every-Day Use?[59]
Chapter II. Representations of Ancient Potters[64]
Fashioning the Vases[64]
Decorating the Vases[70]
Firing the Vases[75]
Miscellaneous Scenes[78]
Representations Wrongly Interpreted as Pottery Scenes[83]
Potter’s Implements[84]
Chapter III. References to the Pottery Craft in Ancient Literature[87]
Preparation of the Clay[87]
Fashioning the Vases[89]
(1) Wheelwork[89]
(2) Building[93]
Firing the Vases[94]
Red Ochre Wash[96]
Porosity of Greek Pottery[98]
The Status of Potters[98]
Conclusion[106]
Selected Bibliography[109]
Index[111]

ILLUSTRATIONS

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1.Wedging (a)[3]
2.Wedging (b)[4]
3.Kick-wheel with treadle[5]
4.Kick-wheel with disk[ 6]
5.Wheel put in motion by assistant turning handle[ 6]
Processes of throwing:
6.Centering ball[7]
7.Pressing clay down[7]
8.Squeezing clay into cone[7]
9.Inserting thumb[7]
10.Making cylinder[8]
11.Making bowl[8]
12.Making jar[8]
13.Making bottle[8]
14.Turning a vase[10]
15.Turned foot[11]
16.Foot left as thrown[12]
17.Turning marks on outside of vase[13]
18.Turning marks on inside of vase[13]
19.Finishing marks left in handwork[14]
20.Unturned inside of amphora[15]
21.Vase thrown in sections[16]
22.Sections in place[17]
23.Vase after turning[17]
24.Wet cellar[18]
25.Detail of kylix showing joint[19]
26.Detail of amphora showing difference between polished and unpolished surfaces[20]
27.Attachment of handles[21]
28-33.Athenian vases showing treatment of handles[22, 23, 24]
34.Detail of krater showing under part of handle left rough[25]
35.Making coils[26]
36.Vase poured in a mould[28]
37.Inside of moulded vase[29]
38.Vase showing joint of two parts of mould[30]
39.Open kiln[31]
40.Muffle kiln with biscuit ware[32]
41.Open kiln showing saggers[33]
42.Muffle kiln with glazed ware[34]
43.Detail of amphora showing preliminary sketch[37]
44.Design on red-figured krater.
(a) Preliminary sketch[38]
(b) Completed painting[38]
45.Detail of hydria showing dent with mark over black glaze[41]
46.Detail of amphora showing dent with clay from other body still adhering[42]
47.Unfinished kylix[43]
48.Foot of unfinished kylix[43]
49.Black-glazed amphora with large red spot on one side[46]
Methods of Glazing:
50.Dipping[48]
51.Pouring[49]
52.Use of the brush[50]
53.Spraying[51]
54.Hydria showing brush marks[52]
55.Detail of psykter showing relief line[53]
56.Detail of amphora showing diluted black glaze line (on arm) going over red ochre left in preliminary sketch line[57]
57.Inside of krater showing extensive wear[63]
Representations of ancient potters fashioning vases:
58.Athenian pottery establishment[64]
59.Potter throwing[66]
60.Potter throwing[66]
61.Potter attaching handles[67]
62.Potter incising lines (?)[68]
63.Potter joining sections (?)[68]
64.Boy finishing a vase[69]
65.Potter building a vase[70]
Representations of ancient potters decorating vases:
66.Athena and Victories crowning potters at work[71]
67.Youth decorating kylix[72]
68.Potter glazing kylix[73]
69.Potter painting bands on a krater[73]
70.Three youths, one painting a krater[74]
71.Pottery establishment[75]
Representations of ancient potters firing:
72.Potter stoking fire[76]
73.Potter stoking fire[76]
74-79.Potters regulating draught[77]
80.Vases stacked in potter’s kiln[78]
Representations of ancient potters: miscellaneous scenes:
81.Youth removing vase from oven with two sticks[79]
82.Youth working on vases (?)[79]
83.Master potter(?)[80]
84.Woman potter(?)[81]
85.Client in potter’s shop[82]
86.Ship with cargo of pottery[82]
Potter’s Implements:
87.Wheel-head[84]
88.Tools found at Arezzo[85]
89.Stilt[85]