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    black figure amphora was discovered in an excavation site near the Ancient city of Corinth. Made in the late 5th century BCE, this primary source gives us an understanding of the activities performed by Ancient Greeks during their daily lives. Greek pottery has many functions which makes these pots useful as household items. The most common type of Greek pot is an amphora, meaning “to carry on both sides”. It is evident that amphora’s can be carried on both sides at they have handles making it…

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    For example, the Mongolians valued practical and efficient ways of making art more than the Chinese did. The color of black glaze and oil spots introduced by the Mongolians, it demonstrated how the pottery differed from Chinese pottery from the past potteries made which included bright color and work. The two artifacts that I introduced demonstrate the ideas and topics that we have covered in class such as the Tang, Song, and Yuan Dynasties 5.) As a curator at the National Palace…

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    who lived where and what they did there. Because of this, we see the development of Frequency Seriation by Alfred Kreober. Frequency Seriation looks at the relative frequencies of similar styles. It is used often in pottery. The main model of Frequency Seriation was that a type of pottery will start out at a low frequency, grow to a higher frequency as it grows in popularity, and then peter out…

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    Geometric Art Essay

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    Many theories have been borne about the origin of the Greek Geometric art. One theory unravels it as an expansion of the Mycenaean art, another theory agrees that it had a popular background origin. While others argue that Geometric art was settled due to Doric effects, it still has not given a suitable solution to the setback. Geometric style of ancient Greek art was primarily of vase painting. It began around 900 BC and denotes the last purely Mycenaean-Greek art form that initiated before…

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    Rivers Of Life Analysis

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    In addition, pottery was unnecessary, given their lifestyle. With the emergence of agriculture, there became a need to store any excess food. The excavations done in Upper Egypt, where Abydos is, suggests some social strata, though no economical solution has been provided…

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    Sgraffito Research Paper

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    The history of Sgraffito By Parker Taylor Sgraffito is an ancient style of art that today is most commonly use in pottery; but appears in numerus forms of art from all over the world. The true origin of sgraffito is not known, and is still debated between scholars today. one belief of when sgraffito came from is in the early 10th century, but is argued to go as far back as the 5th century. The term sgraffito is the Italian word for scratch, it adopted this name due to the process used to create…

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    said, a handyman who had done work for him in Pennsylvania, a guy named Mike Cunningham, had arranged a meeting at the Bull & Whistle, a tourist bar in Key West. Cunningham bought his old boss a beer, produced from his pocket a triangle of broken pottery, and explained that he’d found the potsherd while scuba diving. He showed Miscovich a photocopy of a nautical chart. An x marked the location…

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    Greek Black Figure Essay

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    seen in life. Depiction of figures on vases also became naturalistic; however, they retained a level of stylization due to their flatness. The city-state of Athens was a major power during the classical period. Known for their ceramics the Athenian pottery industry was a desired export throughout the Mediterranean and Eastern world. Black-figure was the common technique of vase painting in Athens up until 525 B.C., when the red-figure technique was invented and then surpassed black-figure as…

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    through a journey to gain fame or to redeem themselves (Misra, pg.26). Often their journey is documented through oral storytelling, but as the Grecians became more advance in their artistic endeavors they also recorded these scenes on various potteries. The potteries were then display in symposia to be admired and to create conversations. The…

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    to a potter in similar and different ways. The way they view the potter’s actions are the same overall, but are created in different ways. First of all, in the passage A Single Shard by Linda Sue Park, the narrator is in awe and impressed of the pottery made by Min, who is, of course, the potter. The narrator responds to the potter’s work similar to Tree-ear, who is actually in the story. At first he is confused why Min keeps redoing what looks perfect. An example of this is when it says,…

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