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Greek Amphora Project
OPHS Art History
What do we know about
Greek Amphoras?
• What were the colors used to make Greek Amphoras?
Ancient Greek Pottery • Greek pots are important because they tell us so much about how
life was in ancient Greece.
• Ancient Greek pots were often beautifully decorated with scenes from daily life. Sometimes these scenes reflected what the pot was used for. Sometimes they depicted scenes of the lives of the gods. Although the pots were beautifully decorated, they were made for every day use.
Color use
in Greek
Amphoras
At first artist painted black figures on a background of red clay. Seventy years later, artists reversed the colors…they painted the background and all the details black and left the figures the color of the red clay.
Why did the style change?
Because tastes change. The change in technique allowed for greater naturalism. The black on red scenes
tend to be formal and stylized. The red figures on the black pots have more active poses and wear flowing
garments.
Possible Subjects
• Daily Life
• Greek gods and goddesses
• Greek designs (geometric shapes,
vines…)
Daily Life
Gods and Goddesses
Greek Patterns
Process: Sketch
Cut Out & Transfer
Student Examples
Student Examples
Student Examples
Student Examples
Create your Own Greek
Amphora
• Your Task
– Create a red figure or black figure amphora. • Black Figure: stylized
• Red Figure: Realistic
– Create a design that the Greeks would have used (Daily life, gods or goddesses, designs and patterns)
– Use precise and careful application of line and color on the scratch paper (consistency)