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The exhibition aims to showcase ancient Athenian terracotta vases created with less common techniques.

April 1, 2007

The colors of clay: special techniques in Athenian vases

Key Points

The exhibition aims to showcase ancient Athenian terracotta vases created with less common techniques.
Documents vases made in various styles including bilingual and coral-red gloss.
Incorporates essays on vase-making themes and conservation issues.
Features over one hundred vases from U.S. and European museums.
Introduces techniques like outline, Kerch-style, and Six's technique.
Describes conservation challenges pertaining to unique vase-making methods.
Illustrates the diversity of vases beyond the traditional black- and red-figure styles.

Abstract

This catalogue documents a major exhibition at the Getty Villa that is the first ever to focus on ancient Athenian terracotta vases made by techniques other than the well-known black- and red-figure styles. exhibition comprises vases executed in bilingual, coral-red gloss, outline, Kerch-style, white ground, and Six's technique, as well as examples with added clay and gilding, and plastic vases and additions. The Colors of Clay opens with an introductory essay that integrates the diverse themes of the exhibition and sets them within the context of vase making in general; a second essay discusses conservation issues related to several of the techniques. A detailed discussion of the techniques featured in the exhibition precedes each section of the catalogue. More than a hundred vases from museums in the United States and Europe are described in depth. This series is written by: J. Paul Getty Museum. It accompanies a major exhibition at the reopened Getty Villa.

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