Greek Vase Painting

Greek Vase Painting Name: Instructor: Institution: Date: Pottery, curation and painting are some of the oldest forms of art in the world. Since antiquity, ancient human societies or civilizations embraced these special kinds of art either as a social exercise, for cultural purposes or basically, for economic aspects such as trade. Dietrich von Bothmer’s Greek Vase Painting: An Introduction, sheds quite a lot of insight on the same. It also provides an almost complete chronological breakdown of the artwork’s evolution throughout Greek history, highlighting how the society and rivalries between the various cities helped spur this growth and evolution. The black-figure designs were initially the most embraced style by the early artists. In black figure pottery, there is usually the addition of a certain special type of clay known as the slip. Initially, the role of the slip was to hold up the vase. These were then later on replaced by red-figure pottery, as the artists later on came to realize there were easier methods of doing the same. While black-figure art entailed the use of incisions made into the artwork, red-figure simply entailed the drawing the various forms. The common thing about both is that they undergo the same three-phase process in the kiln, during their production. The only undoing of black-figure technique was its inflexibility, since it could not easily allow various color representations to go hand in hand with it. Having a look at these works of art provides a peek into ...