Lekythoi in Thessaly: Any colour so long as it is black?

TY - CHAP

T1 - Lekythoi in Thessaly: Any colour so long as it is black?

AU - Smith, Amy C.

AU - Volioti, Katerina

PY - 2023/7

Y1 - 2023/7

N2 - «Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black». With these words, in 1909, automobile pioneer Henry Ford introduced the iconic Model T, a standardized car manufactured on an assembly line and budgeted for middle class patrons. In this paper, we question the extent of Fordism in oil flasks from the early fifth century BCE.

AB - «Any customer can have a car painted any colour that he wants so long as it is black». With these words, in 1909, automobile pioneer Henry Ford introduced the iconic Model T, a standardized car manufactured on an assembly line and budgeted for middle class patrons. In this paper, we question the extent of Fordism in oil flasks from the early fifth century BCE.

KW - design

KW - modular assembly

KW - pottery

KW - mainland Greece

UR - http://dml.culture.gr/index.php/en/activities/publications/43-petasos-periodic-publication-of-diachronic-museum-of-larissa/201-issue-3-july-2023

M3 - Chapter

VL - 3

SP - 41

EP - 60

BT - Petasos, periodical edition of the Diachronic Museum of Larissa

A2 - Katakouta, Stella

A2 - Paleothodoros, Dimitris

PB - Diachronic Museum of Larissa, Greece

CY - Greece

ER -