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  2. Typology of Greek vase shapes - Wikipedia

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    The endeavour by archaeologists to match vase forms with those names that have come down to us from Greek literature began with Theodor Panofka’s 1829 book Recherches sur les veritables noms des vases grecs, whose confident assertion that he had rediscovered the ancient nomenclature was quickly disputed by Gerhard and Letronne.

  3. Kalos inscription - Wikipedia

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    A kalos inscription is a form of epigraph found on Attic vases and graffiti in antiquity, mainly during the Classical period from 550 to 450 BC. The word kalos ( καλός ), meaning 'handsome' or 'beautiful', was often accompanied by the name of a certain man, or sometimes simply by the word pais ( παῖς ), meaning the 'boy' or 'youth ...

  4. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    Few examples of ancient Greek painting have survived so modern scholars have to trace the development of ancient Greek art partly through ancient Greek vase-painting, which survives in large quantities and is also, with Ancient Greek literature, the best guide we have to the customary life and mind of the ancient Greeks.

  5. Template:Greek vases - Wikipedia

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    It can be transcluded on pages by placing {{Greek vases}} below the standard article appendices. Initial visibility This template's initial visibility currently defaults to autocollapse , meaning that if there is another collapsible item on the page (a navbox, sidebar , or table with the collapsible attribute ), it is hidden apart from its ...

  6. Situla - Wikipedia

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    Situla is also the term for types of bucket-shaped Ancient Greek vases, some very finely painted. [1] More utilitarian pottery situlae are also found, and some in silver or other materials, [2] such as two glass ones from late antiquity in St Mark's, Venice. Ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern shapes tend to have a pointed bottom, so that they ...

  7. Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum - Wikipedia

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    Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ("corpus of ancient vases"; abbreviated CVA) is an international research project for documentation of ancient ceramics.Its original ideal target content: any ceramic from any ancient location during any archaeological period, proved impossible of realization and was soon restricted to specific times and periods.

  8. Category:Ancient Greece templates - Wikipedia

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    [[Category:Ancient Greece templates]] to the <includeonly> section at the bottom of that page. Otherwise, add <noinclude>[[Category:Ancient Greece templates]]</noinclude> to the end of the template code, making sure it starts on the same line as the code's last character.

  9. Ancient Greek funerary vases - Wikipedia

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    Every-day vases were often not painted, but wealthy Greeks could afford luxuriously painted ones. Funerary vases on male graves might have themes of military prowess, or athletics. However, allusions to death in Greek tragedies was a popular motif. Famous centers of vase styles include Corinth, Lakonia, Ionia, South Italy, and Athens. [1]