Minoan Pottery : Kamares Ware

• Kamares Ware was named for finds in the cave sanctuary at Kamares on Mt. Ida in 1890.

• Style of painted pottery associated with the palace culture that flourished on Crete during the Middle Minoan period (c. 2100–c. 1550 bc).

• Designs are repetitive or sometimes free-floating, but always symmetrically composed. Themes from nature begin here with octopuses, shellfish, lilies, crocuses and palm-trees, all highly stylized. Shapes were more delicate. One variety features extravagantly thin bodies and is called Eggshell Ware.
• Painted in white and tones of red, orange, and yellow on black grounds.

References:

Kamáres ware. (2011). In Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved from http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/310460/Kamares-ware

Wikipedia. (2011) In Wikipedia. Retrieved from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoan_pottery#Kamares.2C_Eggshell_Ware

Mulder-Slater. (2011) In KinderArt. Retrieved from http://www.kinderart.com/arthistory/minoan2.shtml

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