1. Greek Vase Painting

2. Vase Shapes hydra used for water “bell” krater used for mixing amphora used for wine

3. Vase Shapes (cont.)‏ lekythos used for oil kylix used for drinking wine at a symposiumsymposium Click hereClick here for more on Greek vase shapes.

4. Geometric Krater by the Dipylon Master from the Dipylon Cemetery, Athens, GR ca. 740 BCE 3’ 4 1/2” high The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYDipylon Master 1

5. Françoise Vase (Attic black-figure volute krater) Kletias and Ergotimos from Chiusi, Italy ca. 570 BCE approx. 2’ 2” high Museo Archeologica, Florence, IT 2

6. Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (detail from black-figure amphora) from Vulci, Italy Exekias ca. 540 - 530 BCE whole vessel approx. 2’ high Vatican Museums, Rome, IT black-figure Exekias 3

7. Signature of Exekias black on red Louvre, Paris, FR 4

8. Achilles and Ajax playing a dice game (Attic bilingual amphora) from Orvietto, Italy Andokides Painter ca. 525 - 520 BCE black-figure side (left) red-figure side (right) approx. 1’ 9” high Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Andokides Painter 5

9. Oedipus and the Sphinx Achilles Painter ca. 440 - 430 BCE red-figure amphora Staatliche Antikensammlugen, Munich, Germany Achilles Painter 6

10. Web Resources Wikipedia's entry on Ancient Greek PotteryAncient Greek Pottery The Beazley Archive: Classical Art Research Centre [Note: Beazley is known as the first significant scholar of Greek pottery after Wincklemann.] The Beazley Archive The Metropolitan Museum of Art's web page on Athenian pottery – both black- and red-figure pottery is discussed.web page