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- Title
THE BEGINNING OF GREEK POLYCHROME PAINTING.
- Authors
Schaus, Gerald P.
- Abstract
The article discusses Greek polychrome painting which first appeared about the mid-seventh century. In the paintings, light brown or reddish brown paint was used for male flesh in human figure scenes. A number of polychrome vases, dated 650s, were made especially for funerary use. These vases, which were found in the Kerameikos cemetery in Athens, were dated on the basis of the grave sequence. It is informed that polychrome vases from Sicily show some influences from Protocorinthian. The literary works of writer Pliny, which is the fullest source for the development of Greek painting, twice mentions Egypt as the originator of painting.
- Subjects
GREECE; GREEK painting; GREEK history; GREEK antiquities; VASES; GREEK vases; CLASSICAL antiquities; GREEK art objects; GREEK art
- Publication
Journal of Hellenic Studies, 1988, Vol 108, p107
- ISSN
0075-4269
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2307/632634