CHAPTER II.

GREECE.

General Character of Greek Ceramics.--Form and Color.--Borrowed from Egypt and Phœnicia.--How Original.--UNBAKED CLAY: Bricks and Statues.--TERRA-COTTA: Where Used.--Tiles.--Models.--Vessels.--Pithos.--Amphora.--Pigments used on Terra-cotta.--Rhyton.--GLAZED WARES: Quality of Glaze.--Paste.--Enumeration and Description of Vessels.--Uses of Vases.--Chronological Arrangement.--Methods of Making Vessels.--Successive Styles of Ornamentation.--Figures.--Earliest Style.--Archaic Style.--Human Figures.--“Old Style.”--Approach to Best Art.--“Fine Style.”--“Florid Style.”--Decline.--Classification according to Subjects Represented on Vases.--Reliefs and Statuettes as Decoration.....219