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Often enough the craft worker’s place of employment in ancient Greece was set in
$ A+ _/ Z4 f! ^rural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near - q# Y8 Q2 N6 w ~3 [
their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and
0 s3 m, t/ A# dline Athens, however, two of the best-known potters’ quarters were situated on the cities’ - ^* j( f$ g# \
outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines were also established well within# T( V5 T/ p. a
the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before! K9 G' Z) \+ m( |$ z
the Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in shape and in decoration, ) d% |; |) A9 Z: W6 [1 ^* t+ P+ R, I
for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot.
- T0 S+ O$ e+ |' NAthenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather
0 G1 I4 ` P& u7 ? than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.；its distinctive color and luster
9 P+ F# \7 [: Ywere the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln’s temperature during an extended
/ [# }0 a/ O* w" I: a2 ythree-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters 2 f$ D; L6 Z1 V* w1 @
who initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were 9 O: W) D; y/ `: @3 [' z v- G" ~1 L$ k
usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized the they + f4 _" G5 c6 ]7 n1 R/ }
did not share in the concerns of the other.
" J3 N/ _0 K1 i( t3 C; \+ M The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to* ?' ^& K( a3 p
Confine themselves to either decorated ware and housewares like cooking pots and storage
. Y% n$ |+ X' X0 o" V2 ^Jars or building materials like roof tiles and drainpipes. Some sixth-and fifth-century B.C.0 }: q4 C/ d( Z) W+ w0 Y: ^6 D6 @
Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine
$ J, k9 M0 T& c4 E9 g ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of
" i( H( P0 _' z3 a0 _pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create$ s" T$ m. \) |/ }
particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for
3 w3 r5 Z7 b( @; Z j$ ]other products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to% r. C: L9 f% C7 ^& k$ M
facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted
1 b, |: X( l7 s3 W" v(25) pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify. |
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