Greek Pottery

These superb examples from the Louvre in Paris show the development of Greek vases, their variations of shape and size and the techniques used in their decoration. Oddly enough, of all classical Greek art the frail pots, urns and vases have endured the best, and they are of the greatest use to us as illustrations of Greek life and culture. Practically every activity of the ancient Greeks - their work and their play, their pets, their games, their amusements, their history and their religion - were portrayed on the pottery they used every day.