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Greek Ceramic Vases Research Paper

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Greek ceramic vases present a new type of vase design in the world of pottery that would stand out from the standard high gloss, tall and skinny vase design commonly offered to societies back then and provides helpful and meaningful functions for which it was designed. Greek Ceramic vases come with different visual decorative patterns, figures and scenes that allow individuals a glimpse of social aspects of cultures in people’s everyday lives. Greek vases are designed with round shapes that encompass patterns, figures and scenes and depict social norms of men, women and ancient animals from back then. These scenes come with different interpretations, humors, parodies and satirical scenes that hinder an easy interpretation of the picture but
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