Athenian Vase Construction : A Potter's Analysis

by: Schreiber, T.

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Athenian vase construction : a potter's analysis

Authors: Toby Schreiber

Summary:"Based on her study of Greek pottery sherds and vases and on her profound hands-on knowledge of pottery construction techniques, including experiments with the potting of Attic shapes, Toby Schreiber describes how ancient Greek potters constructed their vases. Drawn in large part from vases and fragments in the collection of the Getty Museum, the many photographs that accompany the text show how much even seemingly insignificant sherds may reveal about technique when studied by someone knowledgeable about potting. The drawings - all done by the author - demonstrate step by step with admirable clarity how the potter executed his craft." "Written by a master potter, this is a book both for those who know little or nothing about potting techniques and for those who already have an understanding of these matters."

xvi, 296 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm

Table of Contents
Foreword
Marion True
Preface
Toby Schreiber
Acknowledgments
Part 1: The Basics
Introduction
Steps in Producing a Decorated Athenian Vase
1. Clay: Origin, Composition, Properties, Purification
2. Forming and Techniques
Wedging
The Potter?s Wheel
Tools
Throwing
Turning
Appendages
Leather-hard
Slip
Moldmade Pottery
3. A Modern Greek Family-run Pottery Shop
4. Surface Treatment
Rib Smoothing
Burnishing
Miltos
Stroking
5. Greek Gloss and Firing
6. Flaws and Defects
Air Pockets
Cracks
Spalls
Dents
Miscellaneous
Part 2: The Vases
Introduction
7. Alabastron
Round-bottomed Alabastron
Footed Alabastron
8. Amphora
Neck-amphora
Types A, B, or C Amphora
Panathenaic Amphora
9. Aryballos
Wheel-made Aryballos
Moldmade Aryballos
10. Askos
Wheel-made Askos
Moldmade Askos
11. Dinos
12. Exaleiptron (Kothon)
13. Fish Plate
Attic Fish Plate
South Italian Fish Plate
14. Hydria
Kalpis (Continuous-Curve Hydria)
15. Kantharos
Cup-Kantharos
16. Krater
Column-Krater
Volute-Krater
Calyx-Krater
Bell-Krater
17. Kyathos
18. Kylix
19. Lebes Gamikos
Low-footed Lebes Gamikos
Lebes Gamikos on Stand
20. Lekythos
Squat Lekythos
Lekythos with Inner Oil Cup
Huge Lekythos
21. Loutrophoros
22. Mastos
Mastoid Cup
23. Oinochoe
Olpe (Shape 5)
Chous (Shape 3)
Oinochoai with Offset Neck (Shapes 1 and 2)
Beak-mouthed Oinochoai (Shapes 6, 7, and 10)
24. Pelike
Pelike in Sections
Pelike in One Piece
25. Phiale
Phiale in One Piece
Phiale in Sections
26. Psykter
Psykter-amphora
27. Pyxis
Tripod Pyxis
Type A Pyxis
Type C Pyxis
Type B Pyxis
Powder-box Pyxis
Type D Pyxis
Nikosthenic Pyxis
28. Rhyton
29. Skyphos
Cup-skyphos
30. Stamnos
Appendixes
1. Silhouettes of Vase Shapes
2. Terminology
3. Mouth Types
4. Foot Types
5. Handle Types
Abbreviations
Notes
Glossary
Bibliography
Plate Credits
Figure Credits
Index

Athenian Vase Construction : A Potter's Analysis

by: Schreiber, T.

• ISBN-13: 9780892364657 / 978-0-89236-465-7
• ISBN-03: 0892364653 / 0-89236-465-3
• The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu, California, 1999

Price: 115,00 EURO

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