The Craft of Athenian Pottery

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Excerpt from The Craft of Athenian Pottery: An Investigation of the Technique of Black-Figured and Re-Figured Athenian VasesThe plan of this book is as follows: 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 Athenian vases comes a short summary of the new conclusions arrived at, and a selected bibliography.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.