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Painted Greek vases are known from the second millennium B.C. until almost the end of the first century B.C., and pottery was produced from one end of the Greek world to the other. In the beginning many local styles flourished, but by the middle of the sixth century B.C. the vases of Attica and its capital Athens had exceeded in quantity and quality those of their nearest rival Corinth, with whom they had been competing for the lucrative foreign markets. This Attic supremacy was never surpassed and lasted for a century and a half and survived many wars and political upheavals, until the disastrous end of the Peloponnesian war in 404 B.C. robbed Athens of her profitable markets in the West. After that Attic pottery went into a slow but steady decline, and no vases of any note were painted after the middle of the fourth century B.C., though, as we shall see, vase painting continued in other parts of the Greek world.
* http://www.yasou.org/ancient/pottery.htm
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 12y agoIt shows how advanced and charismatic the Greeks really were. It also shows how the Greeks honored gods and others because of on the pottery they may paint pictures and murals depicting life and their "gods". Hope this was helpful! BTW if you are trying to plagiarize don't because your teacher can type it in and find this paragraph! USE YOUR OWN WORDS!!
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∙ 10y agoBecause of their functional use of holding liquids - water, foodstuffs, drinks.
Being the artistic people which they were, they produced them with both artistic and functional shapes, colours, motifs and surfaces. Just as we do today.
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∙ 10y agoIt was the storage and crockery medium for foodstuffs and liquids.
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Are ashes of the dead stored in greek vases?
The vases were for oil as an offering to the dead. The cunningly miserly Greeks had a small container inserted in the mouth of the vase in which they placed oil - the vase itself was empty.
What did the Ancient Greeks put in their vases?
put a o a cot
How were Greek vases made?
Greek vases were made out of a substance called terracota, wich is made out of clay and other minerals.
How would you describe roman vases?
Ancient Romans used vases for decorative purposes for hundreds of years. Many of the finest pieces were imported from abroad from places such as Syria, Egypt and other locations. The first early vases were simple ones made from clay. Examples of many of the different types of vases were discovered so well preserved from excavations at Pompeii. The most valuable ones were made from blown glass. During the reign of Tiberius, the art of creating high end vases came from Alexandria. Once the glass blowing method was well known in Italy, places like Cumae, Aquieia became ceters of glass blown vases. To the present day, collectors of antiquity prize these vases made in ancient times. Some have been given names such as "portland vases, blue glass vases and murrhine style vases.
In what ways is America like Greek culture?
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Who invented vases?
The Greeks did
What did Greeks call vases?
Amphora.
Why did the Greeks make vases?
The Greek vases were made to hold things like food, wine, water.
What do designs on ancient greek vases represent?
Greek Vases present what the Greeks used to write ON CHEESE
Why did the greeks use vases?
for storing food and drinking liquids
Why did Greeks have vases?
The Ancient Greeks used vases for storing food and drinking liquids. A drink called Mead was stored in vases that had a lid. This was a type of decanter that is used for liquor today.
Are ashes of the dead stored in greek vases?
The vases were for oil as an offering to the dead. The cunningly miserly Greeks had a small container inserted in the mouth of the vase in which they placed oil - the vase itself was empty.
Are wood vases merely decorative or can they actually hold water?
Would vases absorb more water than glass vases do so they hold water temporarily.
What did the Ancient Greeks put in their vases?
put a o a cot
How were Greek vases made?
Greek vases were made out of a substance called terracota, wich is made out of clay and other minerals.
Did the Greeks keep the Greek myths in a book?
No since during that period in which these legends are formed many people were considered illiterate so not many people read books so most legends then where kept as painted vases , carved stone blocks, etc.
What is an advantage of crystal vases over glass vases?
Crystal vases have thicker walls than those of glass vases. These thicker walls give an advantage over glass vases for breakage. Glass vases are also harder to clean than crystal vases, as spots will often show up more on glass vases than on crystal vases.
