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  1. Ancient Greek Vases and Pottery: Key Types, Motifs …

    • The best-known type of Ancient Greek vase is the storage or transport vessel called the amphora, though other types include the pithos, pelike, hydria, and pyxis. There are only a handful of variations in th… See more

    Archaic Vases

    The making of the Greek vase in Archaic times (about 620–480 BC) was very different than the pottery-wheel-thrown vases of Classical times (about 480–300 BC). Archai… See more

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    Color

    Between the Archaic and Classical times, Greek vase designs existed primarily in three colors: black, red, and white. The red was derived from the iron-rich reddish-orange col… See more

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    Red-Figured v. Black-Figured Vases

    Out of these colors, there are two distinctive methods of decoration and coloration: red figure and black figure. Red figure, adopted around 530 BC, meant that the details … See more

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    The Geometric Period

    Though perhaps best known for their depictions of Greek gods and goddesses, the earliest ancient Greek vase decorations were derived from the Mycenean tradition, which consi… See more

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  1. Greek gods depicted on vases include1234:
    • Herakles, attacking the Hydra with his club, and his companion Iolaos, who is cutting one of the heads off of the monster.
    • The head and face of Medusa, which was used often as a decorative motif.
    • Olympian gods such as Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, and Athena.
    • Dionysos, god of wine, who carries an amphora (a jar for transporting wine).
    Vases also depict hydriai, which are pots for fetching water5.
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    The figures on this water jar are Herakles, to the right, attacking the Hydra with his club, and his companion Iolaos, who is cutting one of the heads off of the monster.
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    The term gorgoneion refers to the head and face of Medusa, which was used often as a decorative motif. It is a prolific symbol of her particular power that appears in architecture, vase painting, and metalwork.
    www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/medu/hd_medu.htm
    K Series: Olympian gods in ancient Greek vase painting C6th - 4th B.C. (Zeus, Poseidon, Demeter, Hera, Apollo, Artemis, Hephaestus, Athena)
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    The centaur is followed by female deities and Dionysos, god of wine, who carries an amphora (a jar for transporting wine). Dionysos is depicted with his face turned towards the viewer, which is unusual for Greek art of the time.
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    The hydria, primarily a pot for fetching water, derives its name from the Greek word for water. Hydriai often appear on painted Greek vases in scenes of women carrying water from a fountain (06.1021.77), one of the duties of women in classical antiquity.
    www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/gkhy/hd_gkhy.htm
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