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Etruscan Geometric Amphora
Ceramic Etruscan amphora in geometric style with cranes, attributed to the Crane painter. First quarter 7th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum, Milan)
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Ancient Greek Pottery
Greek pottery has four main types: Geometric, Corinthian, Athenian Black-figure, and Athenian red-figure pottery. Pottery vessels were made for everyday use such as the two-handled amphora for storage, the single-stem kylix...
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Proto-geometric Amphora
The Proto-geometric style (1000-900 BCE) of Greek pottery decoration was a forerunner of the full Geometric style. This amphora dates from the first half of the 10th century BCE and displays the popular circle design. These...
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Attic Large Geometric Pitcher with Lid
This pitcher is decorated with linear motifs and horses in successive zones. Vases of this class were used as cinerary urns in Attic burials during the Late Geometric Period. Found in an Attic workshop. Late...
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Roman Geometric Mosaic
A Roman floor mosaic in geometric design dating to the late 1st century CE. From a villa near Guido Castle, near Rome. (Palazzo Massimo, Rome).
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Geometric Pottery Designs
A detail of a 7th century BCE amphora displaying the common design motifs of the Geometric style of Greek pottery. The style was in use from 900 to 600 BCE in the Greek world and involved decorating vessels with simple...
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Inca Geometric Textile Motif
A detail from an Inca textile showing a geometric cross design. (Museo de America, Madrid)
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Geometric-Algebraic Theory Clay Tablet from Tell al-Dhabba'i
This clay tablet narrates a geometric-algebraic theory of how to make a solution for a mathematical problem. The conclusion applies a theory very similar to the Pythagorean theorem. From Tell...
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Geometric-Algebraic Theory Clay Tablet from Tell Harmal
This clay tablet narrates a geometric-algebraic theory of angles and triangles, similar to to the theory of Euclid of Alexandria, the father of geometry (lived c. 300 BCE). From Tell Harmal (ancient...
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Geometric Amphora with Chariot Scene
A geometric amphora with a battle scene including a chariot. 8th century BCE. (Archaeological Museum of Paros, Greece)