Greek Pottery History

By Jerry Lan


Pottery supplies have been made available whether you use them for making vases, tiles, or jewelry.The images which were skillfully made on fancy pottery show the different lives and culture of the Greeks. Here are some details on how the Greek pottery evolved and developed throughout Greek history. Stone Age. During the Neolithic era, the Greek pottery featured a very simple design. During the mid-period, people began embellishing pottery with red and white geometric patterns, which were called as Sesklo wares.

White clays would result in most striking and bold colors when fired and glazed. For more bright-colored pottery, you can use light brown or gray colored clays. It's a remarkable ware created using the potter's wheel, it is usually gray in color. It comes in several shapes and sizes which demmonstartes creativity and uniqueness. In the Mycenean era, people began making Greek pottery designs. The arts were consisted of geometric shapes, sea creatures, animals, humans in cream background. During the latter stage of Bronze Age, the Greeks came up with red or black deisgns.

Choosing the right type of clay for your pottery is very significant especially if you want to get the best results.In this period, the people have already lost interest in pottery. However, when people started to create pots, the art form of pottery began to rise again. Potters of Corinth and Athens, during 900 BC, recovered their art pottery. Artisans in Corinth embellished mini pots with different forms of mythical creatures in it. Athenians have made several designs in pottery which included the Homer's Illiad and some other mythological tales.

During these period of times, particularly in the archaic era, the pottery clay slowly developed with a more diverse designs and shapes and different pictures and illustrations on it. An innovative way of painting emerged and as a replacement of making human images on the draft, the potters now began to make natives in the silhouette. These were black-colored paintings.

The people used a black background with red colored images during 500 BC. The artwork made were more realistic even if the people experienced difficulty in creating such. Forty years later, the Greek pottery with red figure as well became extinct. Greek pottery went through several evolutionary phases giving us various pottery wares,each having its own distinctive features.




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