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THE MYCENAEAN STYLE: CLASSIFICATIONS
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ii.
Vases of coarse clay, covered
with a thin slip of finer clay,
now white (in the case of vases
from the Bec-Ilive tomb near the
Heraeum),nowyellowish brown,
(v. Myh. Thony. vn. 42 ; Mylc.
Vas. p. 21, fig. 7.) The de-
coration is painted on this slip
in dark brown, with the occa-
sional addition of white, as if
an echo of the technique of the
first class.
III.
Fine cleaned clay, with a pol-
ished surface of warm yellow
color. The colors in the deco-
ration run through all shades
from yellow to dark brown. This,
through action of fire, becomes
bright red in many cases, which,
especially in vases of the finest
technique, is evidently inten-
tional. Details are occasion-
ally added in white.
ii.
No radical change. The main
point of difference lies in the
close connection between II.
and the following class, which
varies from it only in the qual-
ity of the work. The style
throughout is distinctly a natu-
ralistic or pictorial one, there
being no thought of convention-
ality. The vase from Thorikos
is an extremely good example
of the class as a whole.
Cf. 'Etpriix. 'Apx- 1895, pi. xi. No. 1.
III. 1.
Fine clay, with purely pic-
torial ornamentation, precisely
similar to II., save that the exe-
cution is more delicate, which is
natural, seeing that the vases
are uniformly smaller.
The pictorial motives have
become conventionalized. In
proportion, however, the tech-
nique has also advanced and
reaches its highest point in this
division, and may easily be de-
tected by the extreme fineness
of clay and extraordinary bril-
liancy of the glaze. This class
is not the most common of the
Mycenaean styles.
ii. 1 and 2.
In the first division of II.
have been included all vases
which in the other two classifi-
cations are counted as II.
In the second division are in-
cluded a number of vases be-
longing to Furtwiingler and
Loeschcke, III., and Wolters,
III. 1.
ill.
1.
Seeing that vases of this class
differ from the succeeding one
only in superiority of technique,
while the principle of ornamen-
tation remains the same, there
seems to be little gain in sepa-
rating them by the boundary
line of a class.
In this division are included
those vases which form the bulk
of III. of Furtwiingler and
Loeschcke. They are the most
common at the Heraeum. The
clay has become inferior and
the lustre duller, while the orna-
mentation has become conven-
tionalized in the extreme, and
presents a certain mechanical
air. It is only in its technical
features that it differs from class
III. 1.
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75
ii.
Vases of coarse clay, covered
with a thin slip of finer clay,
now white (in the case of vases
from the Bec-Ilive tomb near the
Heraeum),nowyellowish brown,
(v. Myh. Thony. vn. 42 ; Mylc.
Vas. p. 21, fig. 7.) The de-
coration is painted on this slip
in dark brown, with the occa-
sional addition of white, as if
an echo of the technique of the
first class.
III.
Fine cleaned clay, with a pol-
ished surface of warm yellow
color. The colors in the deco-
ration run through all shades
from yellow to dark brown. This,
through action of fire, becomes
bright red in many cases, which,
especially in vases of the finest
technique, is evidently inten-
tional. Details are occasion-
ally added in white.
ii.
No radical change. The main
point of difference lies in the
close connection between II.
and the following class, which
varies from it only in the qual-
ity of the work. The style
throughout is distinctly a natu-
ralistic or pictorial one, there
being no thought of convention-
ality. The vase from Thorikos
is an extremely good example
of the class as a whole.
Cf. 'Etpriix. 'Apx- 1895, pi. xi. No. 1.
III. 1.
Fine clay, with purely pic-
torial ornamentation, precisely
similar to II., save that the exe-
cution is more delicate, which is
natural, seeing that the vases
are uniformly smaller.
The pictorial motives have
become conventionalized. In
proportion, however, the tech-
nique has also advanced and
reaches its highest point in this
division, and may easily be de-
tected by the extreme fineness
of clay and extraordinary bril-
liancy of the glaze. This class
is not the most common of the
Mycenaean styles.
ii. 1 and 2.
In the first division of II.
have been included all vases
which in the other two classifi-
cations are counted as II.
In the second division are in-
cluded a number of vases be-
longing to Furtwiingler and
Loeschcke, III., and Wolters,
III. 1.
ill.
1.
Seeing that vases of this class
differ from the succeeding one
only in superiority of technique,
while the principle of ornamen-
tation remains the same, there
seems to be little gain in sepa-
rating them by the boundary
line of a class.
In this division are included
those vases which form the bulk
of III. of Furtwiingler and
Loeschcke. They are the most
common at the Heraeum. The
clay has become inferior and
the lustre duller, while the orna-
mentation has become conven-
tionalized in the extreme, and
presents a certain mechanical
air. It is only in its technical
features that it differs from class
III. 1.
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