vase-painting, greek

Traces the history of vase painting in early Greece from the eleventh to the sixth century B.C. and explores how vase painting influenced all components of Greek art.

Observes a potter and his family living in Athens in 420 B.C., a time of the Olympics, a great festival to Athena, and the construction of many temples, and describes the potter at work making and decorating pots. Includes illustrations of tools and equipment he and his family might have used in their daily lives.