Understanding Greek Vases A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques

Understanding Greek Vases A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques by Clark

What is a pyxis? Who was the Amasis Painter? How did Greek vases get their distinctive black and orange colours? This volume offers definitions and descriptions of these and many other Greek vase shapes, painters and techniques encountered in museum exhibitions and publications. There is discussion of how to look at Greek vases and on the conservation of ancient ceramics. The concise definitions are divided into two sections, one on potters and painters and another on vase shapes and technical terms relating to the construction and decoration of the vases. Featuring numerous colour illustrations of Greek vases, many from the Getty Museum's collection, the work should be useful to students, scholars, and those wishing to obtain a greater understanding of Greek ceramics and a heightened enjoyment of them.

Mary Louise Hart is associate curator in the Department of Antiquities at the J. Paul Getty Museum and coauthor of Understanding Greek Vases: A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques (Getty Publications, 2002).

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ISBN 13	9780892365999
ISBN 10	0892365994
Title	Understanding Greek Vases A Guide to Terms, Styles, and Techniques
Author	Clark
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Getty Trust Publications
Year published	2002-08-29
Number of pages	168
Prizes	Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award (Arts (Art/Music/Photo)) 2003
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