East Greek vase painting
oinochoe by the Bird and Zigzag Painter, 740/720 BC. Paris: Louvre
.East Greek vase painting was a regional style of
ancient Greek vase painting, produced by the eastern Greeks (Ionia and the islands of the eastern Aegean Sea). In spite of the region's wealth, the pottery was rather unremarkable in comparison to other areas. The clay is red-brown to pink and often contains mica
inclusions. Many regional sub-styles of East Greek pottery existed.
East Greek
metope-like panes was also adopted, but abandoned soon after. By the end of the Geometric period, vases were often covered in a white slip
, onto which the paint was applied.
Until the 7th century BC, Geometric shapes were continued within the Subgeometric style. This style lasted much longer here than in other Greek regions. Only by about 650 BC was it replaced with an
black-figure style) started to spread. The animal frieze style was quite decorative, but allowed little scope for further development. Especially in Ionian vase painting
, regional styles now began to develop.
Bibliography
- ISBN 3-8062-1743-2.
- Gerald P. Schaus: Geometrische Vasenmalerei, In: Der Neue Pauly, Vol. 4 (1998), Col. 935-938
- Johannes Schwind: Orientalisierende Vasenmalerei, In: Der Neue Pauly, Vol. 9 (2000), Col. 23-26
- Matthias Steinhart: Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch, In: Der Neue Pauly, Vol. 11 (2001), Col. 276-281
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