The History of Black And Red Vase Painting


The Geometric Style of Crete
 
Detail from funeral pyre scene on an Attic Geometric krater, second half of 8th century BC

 

Around 800 B.C. Greek artists began working in a different style. Instead of just the one wavy line of the Minoan style, now lots and lots of lines and patterns began to crowd over every inch of the pots. This is know as the Geometric style.

Two cities in particular developed special ways of decorating pots. These were Corinth and Athens. In Corinth, where many ships from Phoenicia stopped, people began to make tiny little pots for perfume, which they decorated with mythical animals. These became very popular, and soon the potters of Athens began to also try to make pots that would sell for high prices.

In Athens the potters began to paint scenes from Greek mythology on their pots, especially scenes from Homer's Iliad. To fit the scenes on, they made larger pots than in Corinth.

Information taken form Kidipedia.

http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/pottery/geometric.htm
Carr, Karen. "Geometric Greek Pottery" Kidipede - History for Kids. 2007. January 19, 2008. http://www.historyforkids.org/learn/greeks/art/pottery/geometric.htm.


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