\paperw19995 \margr0\margl0 \plain \fs20 \f1 Pottery production in the so-called ôGeometric styleö emerged in the ninth century BC and gave rise to a feeling for the organic unit
y of forms, both as a study of the structure of the vase and as an organization of the decorative composition on the basis of a rigorous syntax. Up until the end of the ninth century, the decoration was abstract, consisting solely of geometric patterns a
nd eschewing any element inspired by nature. It was not until the beginning of the eighth century in Athens that the human figure appeared.
