The Craft of Athenian Pottery / An Investigation of the Technique of Black-Figured and Red-Figured Athenian Vases

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Excerpt from The Craft of Athenian An Investigation of the Technique of Black-Figured and Re-Figured Athenian VasesThe plan of this book is as The first chapter gives a concise account of the processes. In use in the making of vases at modern pottery schools1 and their application to the technique of ancient vases. The second chapter con tains a description of the various representations we have of ancient potters at work. In the third chapter are collected the chief Greek and Latin texts referring to the ancient pot tery craft. After this presentation of all the evidence on the technique of A...