Gisela M. A. Richter — The Craft of Athenian Pottery

A study of how the celebrated black- and red-figure vases of ancient Athens were actually thrown, painted, and fired. Richter, a leading classical archaeologist, combined connoisseurship with technical analysis to reconstruct the workshop practice behind Greek ceramic art.

Collection thread: Pots as Evidence

Continue through this collection

• R. L. Hobson — Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. I
• R. L. Hobson — Chinese Pottery and Porcelain, Vol. II
• Henry Beauchamp Walters — History of Ancient Pottery: Greek, Etruscan, and Roman

Sources for Gisela M. A. Richter — The Craft of Athenian Pottery

• Open primary source
• Internet Archive