Ancient Mediterranean Study Guides

Reading Greek Vases

Contents

• Introduction
  • Ubiquity of pottery
  • A short history
  • Vase production
  • Types of vase
• Technique
  • Introduction to technique
  • Why are painted Greek vases important for understanding the past?
  • How do we read Greek vases?
• Study Questions
• References & Links

Further References & Links        

• American School of Athens (1977) Pots and Pans of Classical Athens. Princeton.
• Boardman, J. (1974) Athenian Black Figure Vases. London.
• Boardman, J. (1975) Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period. London.
• Boardman, J. (1989) Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Classical Period. London.
• Clark, A.J. Elston, M. Hart, M.L. Understanding Greek Vases: A Guide to Technical Terms. (Looking at Series). Getty Publications.

• http://www.beazley.ox.ac.uk/Pottery/Lecture1/Script/GreekPaintedPottery1.asp [Exceptional]
• http://web.uvic.ca/grs/department_files/classical_myth/info/attributes.html [Key attributes of gods on vases]
• http://www.ceramicstudies.me.uk/ [Excellent introduction to the techniques of ceramics]
• http://missmax.com/greek_04/1_vases.htm [Excellent summary overview aimed at K-12 students]
• http://www2.ocn.ne.jp/~greekart/vase/index_e.html