This volume also covers a hitherto neglected area: the history of the collecting of Greek pottery through the Renaissance and up to the present day.
This work deals with classical Greek pottery from a number of points of view - technique, period, place of production, function, shape, decoration and distribution.
This book celebrates the career of Brian Sparkes, whose work in Classical archaeology has covered many diverse areas such as art, pottery, and theatre.
Sparkes discusses the black glaze and Talcott the domestic (household and kitchen) wares of the period. Over 2,040 pieces of black-glaze pottery are catalogued and described, with many drawings and photographs.