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Often enough the craft worker’s place of employment in ancient Greece was set in
1 N/ C) _& b+ O. X3 R, l/ o+ L1 ?, [rural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near
$ e/ J/ o* R) H. [* c% W4 f6 stheir source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and
. N- h, O2 T) Q+ Qline Athens, however, two of the best-known potters’ quarters were situated on the cities’
% D- V) R% k3 a. B outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines were also established well within
2 Z7 \! t0 Y3 @1 t3 O' {the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before
9 h. T/ @0 F; l C! nthe Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in shape and in decoration, M( ^/ \1 g! H, E
for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot.' i7 M! m* G( N! ~4 q' e. H
Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather
1 ?0 s; t! a3 b& @' m than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.;its distinctive color and luster
* y8 ?. B: T0 ~9 z! T" B. nwere the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln’s temperature during an extended: b4 ]4 b+ y% W0 H) Y
three-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters
+ p1 ?: Q, I' z& y9 A; V- Gwho initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were
" o; m$ ?7 ]6 B; H4 u. Q$ Busually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized the they 2 b& f: {1 f; t( j" |: [6 l, E- o& U
did not share in the concerns of the other.
8 E- F" W3 @/ |0 M9 _! c The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to
& @1 v* r" } kConfine themselves to either decorated ware and housewares like cooking pots and storage , Y" D) s; u. T1 A
Jars or building materials like roof tiles and drainpipes. Some sixth-and fifth-century B.C.. e, C4 Y! j5 g) E4 F
Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine
! _; P' W h. j. y( x4 k1 [/ {4 F ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of - X0 u5 z( t! \' D5 K# Z
pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create1 l/ D+ B7 {, F/ |3 Z* ^
particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for x* |0 k( ?- y5 z: d) O% ]
other products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to, p D; |- W9 n
facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted
+ z0 p" y ]6 S O. N& p& E(25) pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify. |