Greek White Ground Lekythos, Detail of Woman with Maid, 460 BC. Because of its relative durability, pottery comprises a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it, it has exerted a large influence on our un
Greek White Ground Lekythos, Detail of Woman with Maid, 460 BC. Because of its relative durability, pottery comprises a large part of the archaeological record of Ancient Greece, and since there is so much of it, it has exerted a large influence on our understanding of Greek society. Little survives of ancient Greek painting except for what is found on the earthenware in everyday use. The shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium BC are still the best guide we have to the customary life and mind of the ancient Greeks. White-ground technique is a style of ancient Greek vase painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500
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