History of Ancient Pottery

About this eBook

Author

Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885

Title

History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman. Volume 2 (of 2)

Credits

Produced by KD Weeks, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

NK: Fine Arts: Decorative and Applied Arts, Decoration and Ornament

Subject

Pottery, Ancient

Category

Text

eBook-No.

48155

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/48155

Release Date

February 7, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.HISTORY OF ANCIENT POTTERY
2. 2.CONTENTS OF VOLUME II
3. 3.LIST OF PLATES IN VOLUME II
4. 4.LIST OF TEXT-ILLUSTRATIONS IN VOLUME II
5. 5.PART III THE SUBJECTS ON GREEK VASES — CHAPTER XII INTRODUCTORY—THE OLYMPIAN DEITIES — The Olympian Deities — CHAPTER XIII DIONYSOS AND MISCELLANEOUS DEITIES — § 1. Dionysos and his Associates — § 2. The Nether World — § 3. Cosmogonic and other Deities — § 4. Personifications — CHAPTER XIV HEROIC LEGENDS — Herakles — The Theban Legend — The Trojan Cycle — Attic Legends — Historical Subjects — CHAPTER XV SUBJECTS FROM ORDINARY LIFE — 1. Religious Subjects — 2. Funeral Scenes — 3. The Drama — 4. Athletics and Sport — 5. Trades and Occupations — 6. Daily Life of Women — 7. Military and Naval Subjects — 8. Orientals and Barbarians — 9. Banquets and Revels — 10. Animals — CHAPTER XVI DETAILS OF TYPES, ARRANGEMENT, AND ORNAMENTATION — § 1. Distinctions of Types — § 2. Arrangement of Subjects — § 3. Ornamental Patterns — CHAPTER XVII INSCRIPTIONS ON GREEK VASES — Athenian Vases
6. 6.PART IV ITALIAN POTTERY — CHAPTER XVIII ETRUSCAN AND SOUTH ITALIAN POTTERY — § 1. Etruscan Pottery — § 2. Etruscan Terracotta Work — § 3. Southern Italy — CHAPTER XIX TERRACOTTA IN ROMAN ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE — I. Architecture — II. Sculpture — CHAPTER XX ROMAN LAMPS — CHAPTER XXI ROMAN POTTERY: TECHNICAL PROCESSES, SHAPES, AND USES — 1. Introductory — 2. Technical Processes — 3. Roman Pottery-Furnaces — 4. Pottery in Latin Literature; Shapes and Uses — CHAPTER XXII ROMAN POTTERY, HISTORICALLY TREATED; ARRETINE WARE — CHAPTER XXIII ROMAN POTTERY (continued); PROVINCIAL FABRICS — 1. General Characteristics — 2. The Fabrics of Gaul — 3. The Fabrics of Germany — 4. Roman Pottery in the Netherlands, Spain, and Britain — 5. Plain Roman Wares
7. 7.INDEX
8. 8.Transcriber’s Note:

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