Attic Vases part one | PRECIOUS EARTH

You cannot imagine anything commoner and humbler than earth. And yet, this modest material was turned into veritable gold by the ancient potters of Attica, demonstrating that even the most inconsequential things can become precious if they are utilized to advantage.......

Part one in a series of short films by

THETIS AUTHENTICS LTD in accosiation with CLAYREEL PRODUCTIONS
Directed by Spyros Pantazis
Scientific editor: Dr. E. Aloupi-Siotis
Music by NoMBe
Editing of greek texts: Lalina Fafouti and Eleni Aloupi-Siotis
Translation and editing of english texts : Alexandra Doumas
Narration: Alexandra Doumas

The film makes use of a homonymous web application funded by SYNERGASIA 2011 research PROGRAMME (Project Code11SYN 10_488: RE3CAP Research_Recovery_Revival of Classical Attic Pottery), General Secretariat for Research and Technology of the Greek Ministry of Education and Religious Affairs, Culture and Sports (2013-2015). www.atticvases.gr
The texts are based on interviews with Dr Eleni Aloupi-Siotis, Dr. D. Paleothodoros and Professor M. Tiverios, conducted by the journalist Lalina Fafouti for ΒΗΜΑ SCIENCE PUBLICATION: 15/07/2012 (http://www.tovima.gr/science/article/...)

Image Sources: Wikimedia Commons, D'Hancarville. The Complete Collection of Antiquities, the Metropolitan Museum Collection (https://www.metmuseum.org, Vicenza Palazzo Leonni Montanar (https://www.akg-images.fr), the Ashmolean Museum Collection (https://www.alamy.com), Getty Images, THETIS’ archive.

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