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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The decoration of vases with pigments of any kind, especially the decoration of the pottery of the ancient Greeks, which, unless exceptionally, was executed in monochrome tints and outlines in unvitrfiable pigments.

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Examples

  • (Routedge, 2008), will speak about the representation of ancient Greek pederasty in vase-painting.

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • One of the best sources of information about this custom is Athenian vase-painting - the painted scenes that decorate clay drinking vessels produced in Athens between the 6th and the

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • (Routedge, 2008), will speak about the representation of ancient Greek pederasty in vase-painting.

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • (Routedge, 2008), will speak about the representation of ancient Greek pederasty in vase-painting.

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • One of the best sources of information about this custom is Athenian vase-painting - the painted scenes that decorate clay drinking vessels produced in Athens between the 6th and the

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • One of the best sources of information about this custom is Athenian vase-painting - the painted scenes that decorate clay drinking vessels produced in Athens between the 6th and the

    Queer Sighted 2010

  • Some facial designs are in the form of long strings of dots, especially around the mouth, and when this is shown in sculpture or vase-painting it may be intended to show tattooing rather than just make-up.

    The Mayans Suffered for Their Beauty Jan 2009

  • For example, the vase-painting and the relief show quite the same treatment of hair, beard and wings in the figure of

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

  • It is moulded fully in the round, but by way of adornment, in close agreement with the tradition of vase-painting, the head is wreathed with rosettes and crowned by a single palmette.

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

  • The relation of the archaic pediment reliefs from the Akropolis to vase-painting, 28

    The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 Various

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  • I have it on authority that the ancient Greeks beat us to it.

    December 19, 2010