Part one of term paper
Art and ceramics were a very large part of the ancient Greek society. Pottery was used for trade, to immortalize figures of power, and for functional purposes such as food and drink storage. Pottery provides evidence for archeologist on the movements of the Greeks and of their trade routes around the Mediterranean and Black Sea basins. Gre ...

Part two of term paper
... along with other commodities. This is because there was little Etruscan art found in Greek sites. Corinth dominated the pottery trade in exportation up to the sixth century BC. Around about 525 BC the Corinthian and all other regional styles had been driven from the ceramics scene by Athens, who had created an empire of luxury wares with Attic Black Figure pottery. Around 530 BC there was a birth of a new type of pottery called Attic Red Figure. Attic Black Figure was virtually replaced by t ...