
Colors of Clay
Special Techniques in Athenian Vases
Beth Cohen(Author)
J. Paul Getty Museum (Publisher)
Published on 1. August 2006
Book
Hardback
375 pages
978-0-89236-571-5 (ISBN)
Description
This catalogue documents a major exhibition at the Getty Villa that is the first ever to focus on ancient Athenian terracotta vases made by techniques other than the well-known black- and red-figure styles. The exhibition comprises vases executed in bilingual, coral-red gloss, outline, Kerch-style, white ground, and Six's technique, as well as examples with added clay and gilding, and plastic vases and additions. "The Colors of Clay" opens with an introductory essay that integrates the diverse themes of the exhibition and sets them within the context of vase making in general; a second essay discusses conservation issues related to several of the techniques. A detailed discussion of the techniques featured in the exhibition precedes each section of the catalogue. More than a hundred vases from museums in the United States and Europe are described in depth. This series is written by: J. Paul Getty Museum. It accompanies a major exhibition at the reopened Getty Villa.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Santa Monica CA
United States
Publishing group
Getty Trust Publications
Illustrations
95 b&w and 140 colour illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 273 mm
Width: 216 mm
ISBN-13
978-0-89236-571-5 (9780892365715)
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Person
Beth Cohen is an art historian who has published on classical Greek and Italian Renaissance art. Separate essays have been written by Marion True, Jeffrey Maish, Marie Svoboda, Susan Lansing-Maish, and Kenneth Lapatin, the J. Paul Getty Museum; Joan Mertens, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; and Dyfri Williams, the British Museum, London.