I'm catching up with posts after being on trains and off the internet for a couple days.
I know very little about pottery and less about art history but I was awed by the pottery collection at the provincial archaeological museum in Lecce, Italy three days ago. Two things impressed me about the two thousand year old ceramics - the large size of some of the pieces and the applied artwork. The ones I liked most had paintings inspired by nature and human form. Since my knowledge is so deficient, I'll just post some photos and dates.
Museo Provinciale, Lecce - Free admission
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From the 4th or 3rd century B.C.
Looking closely at the brush strokes it's clear much of the colour has faded. See next photo.
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You can see the old brush strokes. That's some kind of bird in the middle surrounded by flowers perhaps.
Imagine what it looked like before the colours faded! |
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| More colour survives in these pieces from the 5th century B.C. |
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| This piece from the 4th century B.C. was at least 60 cm high! |
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| Detail on previous piece |
That's enough before I get carried away! Maybe some of my potting friends can enlighten me later.
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