Coroplast (artisan) explained

A coroplast (or koroplast) was a modeler of terracotta figurines in Greek antiquity.^[1]

Coroplastic studies, the study of ancient terracotta figurines, involves the analysis of the types and sources of clays used, the methods of production employed, the chronology, context, distribution and display of the objects, and their social, political, economic, sacred and historical meaning.^[2]

A Coroplast's Dump was located at an archaeological site on the north slope of the Areopagus.^[3] Local koroplast workshops existed also in many other Greek centers. Thus, the excavations in Tauric Chersonesos yielded very rich results for this small colony.^[4]

See also

• Psi and phi type figurine

Notes and References

1. Uhlenbrock. Jaimee P.. 1993. Greek Terracottas of the Hellenistic World: The Coroplast's Art. Harvard University Art Museums Bulletin. 1. 3. 7–27. 4301471.
2. Web site: Association of Coroplastic Studies . 15 February 2010 . 6 September 2012.
3. Web site: Three Centuries of Hellenistic Terracottas, I, B, and C. Thompson. Dorothy B. Dorothy Burr Thompson.
4. https://www.academia.edu/63716788/%D0%A8%D0%B5%D0%B2%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BA%D0%BE_%D0%90_%D0%92_%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%82%D1%8B_%D0%B0%D0%BD%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%A5%D0%B5%D1%80%D1%81%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%81%D0%B0_%D0%B8_%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE_%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%B6%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B9_%D1%81%D0%B5%D0%BB%D1%8C%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%BE%D0%B9_%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B8_Shevchenko_A_V_Terracottas_of_Greco_Roman_Chersonese_and_Its_Nearer_Farming_Area Shevchenko A. V. Terracottas of Greco-Roman Chersonese and Its Nearer Farming Area. Simferopol, 2016. 520 р.