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Often the craft worker's place of employment in ancient Greece was set in rural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and Athens, however, two of the best-known potters' quarters were situated on the cities' outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines were also established well within the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before the Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in shape and in decoration, for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot. Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.; its distinctive color and luster were the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln's temperature during an extended three-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters who initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other.
The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to confine themselves to either decorated housewares like cooking pots and jars or building materials like roof tiles and drainpipes. Some sixth and fifth-century B.C. Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for other products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.
According to the passage, all of the following are true of ancient Greek potters and vase painters EXCEPT __________.
A. Their functions were so specialized that they lacked common concerns.
B. They sometimes produced inferior ware.
C. They produced pieces that had unusual color and shine.
D. They decorated many of their works with human images
Often the craft worker's place of employment in ancient Greece was set in rural isolation. Potter, for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and Athens, however, two of the best-known potters' quarters were situated on the cities' outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines were also established well within the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before the Greek period, but marked stylistic developments occurred in shape and in decoration, for example, in the interplay of black and other glazes with the red surface of the fired pot. Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.; its distinctive color and luster were the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln's temperature during an extended three-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters who initiated changes in firing is unclear; the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other.
The broad utility of terra-cotta was such that workers in clay could generally afford to confine themselves to either decorated housewares like cooking pots and jars or building materials like roof tiles and drainpipes. Some sixth and fifth-century B.C. Athenian pottery establishments are known to have concentrated on a limited range of fine ware, but a rural pottery establishment on the island of Thasos produced many types of pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create particular effects for some products, such as relief-decorated vessels and figurines; for other products such as roof tiles, which were needed in some quantity, they were used to facilitate mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.
According to the passage, all of the following are true of ancient Greek potters and vase painters EXCEPT __________.
A. Their functions were so specialized that they lacked common concerns.
B. They sometimes produced inferior ware.
C. They produced pieces that had unusual color and shine.
D. They decorated many of their works with human images
Theo bài đọc, tất cả các điều sau đây đúng về thợ gốm và thợ sơn bình Hy Lạp NGOẠI TRỪ __________
A. nhiệm vụ của họ quá chuyên biệt đến mức họ thiếu những mối quan tâm chung
B. đôi khi họ sản xuất đồ kém chất lượng
C. họ đã làm ra các sản phẩm có độ sáng bóng và màu sắc tuyệt vời
D. họ đã trang trí nhiều tác phẩm của mình bằng các hình ảnh con người
A sai (the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other: các nhiệm vụ sản xuất và trang trí thường được phân chia giữa họ, nhưng không có nhóm nào quá chuyên biệt đến mức không chia sẻ mối quan tâm với nhóm còn lại)
B. đúng (There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy: Cũng có một số lượng các nồi sơn và bức tượng nhỏ có chất lượng kém được sản xuất theo số lượng dễ dàng)
C. đúng (its distinctive color and luster were the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln's temperature ...: màu sắc và độ bóng đặc biệt của nó là kết quả của sự điều chỉnh nhiệt độ lò nung khéo léo...)
D. đúng (Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.: cách trang trí hình người A-ten da đỏ và da đen nhấn mạnh hình ảnh con người hơn là các hình ảnh con vật được lựa chọn vào thời kì 630-530 trước công nguyên.)
A. nhiệm vụ của họ quá chuyên biệt đến mức họ thiếu những mối quan tâm chung
B. đôi khi họ sản xuất đồ kém chất lượng
C. họ đã làm ra các sản phẩm có độ sáng bóng và màu sắc tuyệt vời
D. họ đã trang trí nhiều tác phẩm của mình bằng các hình ảnh con người
A sai (the functions of making and decorating were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other: các nhiệm vụ sản xuất và trang trí thường được phân chia giữa họ, nhưng không có nhóm nào quá chuyên biệt đến mức không chia sẻ mối quan tâm với nhóm còn lại)
B. đúng (There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy: Cũng có một số lượng các nồi sơn và bức tượng nhỏ có chất lượng kém được sản xuất theo số lượng dễ dàng)
C. đúng (its distinctive color and luster were the result of the skillful adjustments of the kiln's temperature ...: màu sắc và độ bóng đặc biệt của nó là kết quả của sự điều chỉnh nhiệt độ lò nung khéo léo...)
D. đúng (Athenian black-figure and red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and 530 B.C.: cách trang trí hình người A-ten da đỏ và da đen nhấn mạnh hình ảnh con người hơn là các hình ảnh con vật được lựa chọn vào thời kì 630-530 trước công nguyên.)
Đáp án A.