page_title: Greek terracotta figurines
section_title: Modelling
hierarchical_section_title: Greek terracotta figurines / Techniques of manufacture / Modelling
caption_attribution_description: English: Female figure with hands raised, polychrome terracotta, Cypro-Archaic Age (7th century BC), Cyprus. Français&#160;: Femme aux bras levés, terre cuite polychrome, Chypro-Archaïque (VIIe siècle av. J.-C.), Chypre.Español: Figura femenina con manos levantadas, terracota policromada, Edad Cypro-Arcaica (siglo VII a. C.), Chipre.
context_page_description: Terracotta figurines are a mode of artistic and religious expression frequently found in ancient Greece. These figurines abound and provide an invaluable testimony to the everyday life and religion of the ancient Greeks. The so-called Tanagra figurines, in fact made elsewhere as well, are one of the most important types.
context_section_description: Modelling is the most common and simplest technique. It is also used for the realization of bronzes: the prototypes are made out of raw clay. The small sizes are directly worked with the hand. For the larger models, the coroplath (or κοροπλάθος  koropláthos, manufacturer of figurines) presses the clay pellets or wads against a wooden restraint.
caption: Woman with raised arms, typical funerary offering, Cyprus, 7th century BC, Louvre
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