Greek pottery has four main types: Geometric, Corinthian, Athenian Black-figure, and Athenian red-figure pottery. Pottery vessels were made for everyday use such as the two-handled amphora for storage, the single-stem kylix cup for drinking wine, and the three-handled hydra for holding water. Greek pottery was often decorated with geometric designs or images from Greek mythology.
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c. 1000 BCEThe first distinctive Greek pottery is produced, the Proto-geometric style.
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c. 900 BCEThe Geometric style of Greek pottery is first produced.
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c. 800 BCEThe first stylized human and animal figures appear on Greek Geometric pottery.
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c. 625 BCEBlack-figure pottery created in Corinth.
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c. 625 BCE - 600 BCEThe orientalizing style of Greek pottery becomes popular in Corinth.
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c. 620 BCE - 600 BCEProto-corinthian reaches its zenith in artistic quality producing the best pottery in Greece.
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600 BCE - 480 BCEAttic black-figure pottery dominates the greek ceramic market.
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600 BCE - 550 BCELaconia produces black-figure pottery.
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570 BCEFirst signed example of black-figure pottery by Sophilos.
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c. 570 BCE - c. 560 BCEThe black-figure Francois Vase is produced in Attica by Ergotimos (potter) and Kleitias (painter).
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570 BCE - 560 BCEKleitias, one of the masters of black-figure pottery decoration is active.
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560 BCE - 520 BCEChalkidian black-figure pottery is produced in southern Italy.
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545 BCE - 530 BCEExekias, perhaps the greatest black-figure pottery painter is active.
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530 BCEThe Andokides Painter invents red-figure pottery.
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c. 530 BCERed-figure pottery style takes precedent over black-figure.
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520 BCE - 500 BCEThe Pioneer Group of red-figure painters is active.
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510 BCE - 470 BCEThe Kleophrades Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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500 BCE - 460 BCEDouris, the red-figure pottery painter is active.
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490 BCE - 460 BCEThe Berlin Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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480 BCE - 450 BCEThe Pan Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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470 BCEThe Providence Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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470 BCE - 425 BCEThe Achilles Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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440 BCEThe Eretria Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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420 BCE - 400 BCEThe Meidias Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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400 BCE - 375 BCEThe Meleager Painter of red-figure pottery is active.
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320 BCELast recorded examples of Attic Red-Figure Pottery.