ART GALLERY: Greek Amphoras

These are all 6th Grade amazing Greek amphoras (ancient Greek jar with two handles and a narrow neck).  Which one is your masterpiece?

Click on the first picture to browse the complete gallery. Can you find a beautiful flower, a scary scorpion and a little owl?

GREEK POTTERY

In Ancient Greece, amphoras were used to transport liquids or cereals. They had two handles, and they were made of clay.

Amphoras were beautifully decorated with black paint.

These are some examples:

    


http://kidsartists.blogspot.com/2011/03/greek-pottery.html 

PATTERNS

You can make your Greek Amphora!

First, use orange and black crayons to colour it in.



Then, use a thin stick to scratch the black surface and make beautiful patterns.

The ancient Greek had a different alphabet.

Can you write your name using Greek letters?

África = Aφρικα