1. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
6th Grade
Greek Amphora Pots
Arizona State Standards
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4. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
Greek Black-Figure Pottery
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5. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
Greek Black-Figure Pottery
Black­figure vase painting was popular from around
700 to 530 BC and marks the great age of Greek Art.
The decoration appears as black silhouettes painted on a
reddish­orange background. Black­figure pottery puts an
emphasis on pictorial subjects: scenes from everyday life.
Black­figure vase painting was done with only one type of
clay. The clay looked black when wet, but when fired in an
oven with plenty of oxygen, it turned red. This limited the
colors they could use to only black and red.
The black­figure painting style replaced the Geometric
style that had gone before it and by the 5th century, black­
figure painting was overshadowed by red­figured painting.
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7. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
Silhouettes
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For your drawing of a
Greek Black-Figure Vase...
• Fold brown paper in half.
• Draw half of a vase shape (mouth, handles, foot)
• Cut it out, while paper is folded to create a
SYMMETRICAL shape.
• Your design must include:
* ORGANIC designs
* GEOMETRIC designs
* PICTORIAL SCENE
* and a good balance of black and brown
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Your vase will be SYMMETRICAL.
Find the line of symmetry on these shapes.
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Organic Geometric
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What MUST be in your PICTORIAL SCENE?
YOU!
What CAN be in your PICTORIAL SCENE?
Let's start a list!
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13. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
Let's say I want my
pictorial scene to First, I need a
is in
include my love of "gesture drawing"... N ow, it e!
ett
golfing... silhou
how am I going to draw
that with just a
Sharpie???
Then, I'll thicken it up,
add some details and
fill it in with black.
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14. 6 Greek Vases October 06, 2010
Vocabulary Review
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Greek Black-Figure Pottery
Pull
Pull
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