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Often enough the craft worker’s place of employment in ancient Greece was set in
' ~6 Z6 f- b7 [/ T7 k: {% B7 A; Yrural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near
0 D7 e: S# ~$ p2 L8 utheir source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and t9 D& A2 F' B+ K- Q/ e/ X
line Athens, however, two of the best-known potters’ quarters were situated on the cities’
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the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before
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for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot.
$ K% Y. |# j: B" O4 \* ?Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather
( O4 Q0 x2 a. x# x; Y6 u% Q6 t than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.;its distinctive color and luster
* u4 o, a( O, J* T" z3 T L/ Owere the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln’s temperature during an extended. x7 r# O0 v1 n" |7 A l
three-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters
: ?* H: W, Y7 I: Iwho initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were
6 ^* _+ ~5 G. i* {+ lusually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized the they
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The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to- U$ B# R( P! R6 X+ N/ D
Confine themselves to either decorated ware and housewares like cooking pots and storage
0 e w0 J. a; {8 y$ b/ i' V: R0 HJars or building materials like roof tiles and drainpipes. Some sixth-and fifth-century B.C.# C6 ? }4 N* t9 l8 j" A4 F% G9 |
Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine$ d4 \- N) T3 l% s0 Y% X; W
ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of
0 ~8 N1 b" u) y* Y% h5 ]pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create) [: O. F! k, F* h! m7 F" U
particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for1 j. k6 \& \$ g3 R7 I+ }; {
other products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to( O d5 h: F! a
facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted. ]: F* n' M/ P7 Q
(25) pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.
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1. The passage mainly discusses ancient Greek pottery and its
, k9 o8 ~" c! P; U; a& F- K# \+ u(A) production techniques
* L9 i4 q( J8 D(B) similarity to other crafts( W2 ]# D" ]9 h: h1 U
(C) unusual materials
3 r3 o( H7 M: g0 v$ |# r; l+ B(D) resemblance to earlier pottery |