Did you know that the ancient Greeks made pottery over 3,000 years ago (1,000 BCE) in ancient Greece? The Greeks stopped making pottery around 350 BCE when wall painting became popular, but before then, pottery painted on walls was a good way for us to learn about ancient Greece. Pottery has allowed us to learn about the cultural beliefs of the ancient Greeks. While ancient Greek pottery shows the cultural beliefs and practice of religion in ancient Greece, it also shows archaeologists how to study chronology. Not only is some ancient pottery important to us, but pottery was also particularly important to the Greeks. After all, clay objects were used daily to preserve food and drink. There are many distinct qualities in different forms of pottery. Like for example a curvature at the top (vases) or straight sides with a curved bottom so nothing can come out (cups). These include cups, plates, vases, jugs and massive amphorae. The most common piece of pottery was the amphora, which was mainly used to store wine. Indeed, amphorae tended to be larger after they were made by potters. Speaking of potters and pottery making, it was actually very difficult to make pottery because it was a very long process. It may not be so difficult to shape the red-orange clay from the attic on the potter's wheel, but you had to be patient. and have precise timing. An interesting thing about pottery back then is that you made the piece in sections so that the foot, lower and upper body, neck and handles (if necessary) were made separately and then assembled with a “underpants” to put back in place. the potter's wheel to ensure that the attachments appear smooth, as if they were still one piece. The pottery would then...... middle of paper......, but in fact everything is not black. The females were white and their clothing was red-purple. Painters probably added these colors because black-figure pottery often told stories and wanted to add more color than just plain old black. As I stated previously, there is also a style of pottery called red-figure pottery that replaced the black-figure pottery style around 530 BCE and continued for about 130 years. Like black-figure pottery, red-figure pottery also showed a narrative, but with red-figure pottery the cup had to be turned in the hand. Red-figure pottery and black-figure pottery were the last styles of pottery before everyone moved on to wall painting. As you can see, there is a lot of history behind ancient Greek pottery. Pottery was a trend for about 700 years in ancient Greece 3,000 years ago and it's still a trend today..