the repertoire nearly totally after 370 BC. The Apulianvase painters had considerable influence on the painters ... links Commons category Apulian red figure pottery Greek Vases Category 5th century BC Greek art Category 4th century BC Greek art Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles Category Art of Magna Graecia ... half of the fourth century, depictions of weddings, women and erotic motifs become more common. Apulian ... figured vases of Apulia, 1. Early and Middle Apulian , Oxford 1978 Arthur Dale Trendall, The red figured vases of Apulia, 2. Late Apulian. Indexes , Oxford 1982 Arthur Dale Trendall & Alexander Cambitoglou ... more details
. Around 325 BC, production ceased the last important representatives of Lucanian vasepainting were the Primato Painter strongly influenced by the Apulian Lycourgos Painter and the Roccanova Painter ... by Aeschylos showed scenes from the tragedy in question on several of his vases. The influence of Apulianvasepainting becomes tangible roughly at the same time. Especially polychromy and vegetal decor ... Vasenmalerei oldid 88102459 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Lukanische Vasenmalerei ... . They were the first to paint the new nestoris see Typology of Greek Vase Shapes vase type. Large ... his career, as his late work reflects an influence by the Apulian Tarporley Painter . Around ... more details
vasepainting as a whole. From 330 onwards, a strong Apulian influence is visible. The most common ... red figure products. Campanian vasepainting is subdivided into three main groups Image Medeia child ... by Paestan vasepainting . Large vases by these workshops usually bore mythological motifs. Their work ... his quality, leading to a rapid demise, terminating with the end of Campanian vasepainting around ... Vasenmalerei oldid 79316988 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Kampanische Vasenmalerei ... most common in the region after Apulian . Before the immigration of Sicilian potters in the second ... and back of the vase, sometimes only the head. Garments are usually drawn casually. ref name Hurschmann228 ... more details
Thessalian vasepainting was a regional style of Greek vasepainting , prevalent in Thessaly . The Geometric vasepainting of Thessaly was rather lifeless and provincial, especially compared to the dominant productin centres such as Attic vasepainting Attica . Often, Attic styles were simply imitated. Bibliography Gerald P. Schaus Geometrische Vasenmalerei , In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 4 1998 , cols. 935 938 Category Greek Antiquity in art and culture Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Thessalische Vasenmalerei ... more details
more footnotes date October 2011 Ionic vasepainting was regional style of ancient Greek vasepainting . Image Coupe l oiseleur Louvre F68.jpg thumb So called Birdcatcher Cup , Ionian kylix , circa 550 BC. Paros Louvre . Ionia first becomes noticeable as a separate region within East Greek vasepainting during the final phase of the orientalising style , when the black figure vasepainting black figure incision style spread from Northern Ionia throughout East Greece . In the later phase of the Wild Goat style, Northern Ionian artists imitated Corinthian vasepainting Corinthian vases , if rather poorly. Ionia had been producing high quality pottery already since the 7th century BC. Since about 600 BC, the black.figure style was used to decorate all or part of vases. Apart from gradually developing local styles e.g. at Klazomenian vasepainting Clazomenae , Ephesian vasepainting Ephesos , Miletan vasepainting Miletus , Chiote vasepainting Chios and Samian vasepainting Samos , especially northern Ionia developed a variety of distinctive styles, the locations of which cannot be asserted at present. Perfume vessels based on the Lydia n lydion shape, decorated merely with stripes, were widespread. Some of the images are highly original, such as a Scythian with a Bactria n camel, or a satyr with a ram. For some styles, the allocation to regions is highly disputed. Thus, the Northampton Group shows a strong Ionic influence but was probably produced in Italy, perhaps by Ionian immigrants. ref See Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei , Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f. Matthias Steinhart Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch , In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 11, cols. 276 281 John Boardman Early Greek VasePainting , Thames and Hudson, London 1998, p. 141 151. ref References Reflist Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einf hrung . Theiss, Stuttgart ... Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Ionische Vasenmalerei ... more details
Syracusae retained a limited vase production then. ref name Hurschmann606 Hurschmann Sizilische Vasen , in DNP 11 2001 , Col. 606 ref The typical Sicilian vasepainting only came into existence around ... to flake off easily. Particularly typical of Sicilian vasepainting is the use of additional ... in other areas, vasepainting in Sicily ceased around 300 BC. ref name Hurschmann606 Sicilian vasepainting was only recognised relatively late. By now, about 1,000 vases are known. References references ... oldid 62105520 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Sizilische Vasenmalerei ... more details
no footnotes date October 2011 Cycladic vasepainting was a regional style of Greek vasepainting , produced in the Cyclades Cycladic islands . Especially in its early and middle phases, the Geometric vasepainting of the Cyclades was strongly influenced by Attic vasepainting . In the late Geometric phase, there is evidence for workshops on Naxos , Thera , Paros and Melos that had developed their own stylistic forms in terms of material, vase shapes, and ornamental decoration. This was followed by a considerable duration of the Subgeometric style , before orientalising style Orientalising vasepainting became dominant. Once that had happened, floral and other ornaments became very popular. There was experimentation with polychrome effects adding red and white paint , and to a more limited extent with figural motifs animals and humans . Influences came from Attica and East Greek vasepainting East Greece , rather than from the actual centre of the orientalising style, Corinthian vasepainting Corinth . In the early 7th century BC, several highly innovative groups of potters painters were active in the Cyclades. These were the Ad Group the Linear Island Group and the Heraldic Group . It is not clear where their production centre or centres were located, scholarly discussion revolves around Paros, Naxos and some smaller islands. Later, the so called Melian Style became important the name is misleading as it actually originated from Paros. This style shows a strong Corinthian influence and is characterised by daring ornamental and figural compositions covering the whole vase body. The workshop is best known for its broad and tall grave amphora e, painted with polychrome Greek mythology mythological scenes. Later, Andros produced alabastron alabastra in the black figure vasepainting black figure technique , in relatively small quantities. Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische ... and culture Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Kykladische Vasenmalerei ... more details
Image Argivisch spaetgeometrischer Buegelhenkelkrater 1.JPG thumb Late Geometric krater from an Argive workshop on the shoulder depictions of horses. Circa 730 BC. Found on Melos . Argive vase painting was a regional style of Greek Geometric vase painting from the city of Argos . Besides Athens , Argos was one of the centres of Geometric vase painting. Argive potters followed influences especially from Attic vase painting , until the final phase of the style 750 690 BC . Typical of the Argive Geometric vases are large pictorial panels, containing either horses or men and horses. Waterfowl and fish were often depicted in the background. Ornamentation is dominated by stepped maeander s and orientalising motifs. Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einf hrung . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f., 90 94, 134f. ISBN 3 8062 1743 2. Gerald P. Schaus Geometrische Vasenmalerei , In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 4, cols. 935 938 Category Greek Antiquity in art and culture Category Ancient Greek vase painting styles ... more details
commonly depicted creature, the Wild Goat style. Until 600 BC, vasepainting relied entirely on painted silhouettes and reservations, than, beginning in northern Ionia , incision black figure vasepainting ... little scope for further development. Especially in Ionian vasepainting , regional styles now began ... Translation Ref de Ostgriechische Vasenmalerei oldid 74659039 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting ... more details
Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Paestanische Vasenmalerei ... and Hermes . Paestan painting rarely depicts domestic scenes, but favours animals. References Reflist ... more details
no footnotes date October 2011 Samian vasepainting was a regional style of ancient Greek vasepainting it formed part of East Greek vasepainting . Vases were produced on Samos since the Geometric art Geometric period . At the Heraion of Samos , many Geometric vases were discovered, including high footed krater s, kantharos kantharoi , kotyle s , skyphos skyphoi and round mouthed oinochoe oinochoai . Details such as the diagonally hatched maeander s and four leafed starts betray an Attic a Attic influence. Images of birds are very common, as are horses, on Samos typically with a long main, reaching as far as the middle of the back. In one case, a prosthesis is depicted. Around 560 550 BC, Samian potters began to produce black figure vasepainting black figure vessels of types adopted from Attic vasepainting . These types are Little master cups and face shaped kantharoi . The painting is precise and decorative. Besides Miletus and Rhodes , Samos was one of the main production centres of vases in the Wild Goat style. Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einf hrung . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f., 90 94, 134f.. ISBN 3 8062 1743 2. Matthias Steinhart Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch . In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 11, cols. 276 281. Source of Translation Translation Ref de Samische Vasenmalerei oldid 64912404 Category Greek Antiquity in art and culture Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Samische Vasenmalerei ... more details
Image Plate Sphinx Cdm Paris 73.jpg thumb Rhodian plate, end of 7th century BC Rhodian vasepainting was a regional style of East Greek vasepainting , based on the island of Rhodes . Especially well known are the Rhodian plate s. These were painted in a polychrome multi coloured technique, with some detail incised, as in black figure vasepainting . Between 560 and 530 BC, situla e based on Egyptian models prevailed. They depicted both Greek themes such as Typhoeus , and others inspired by ancient Egypt ian tradition, such as Egyptian hieroglyphs and Egyptian athletics. Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einf hrung . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f., 90 94, 134f.. ISBN 3 8062 1743 2. Matthias Steinhart Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch . In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 11, col. 276 281. Commonscat Rhodian pottery Source of Translation Translation Ref de Rhodische Vasenmalerei oldid 91782773 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Rhodische Vasenmalerei ... more details
of Bilingual vase Athena and Herakles. http www.lclark.edu ndsmith BLVase Herak BF.JPG Lysippides painter 530 BC. Black figure side of Bilingual vase Herakles & sacrificial bull. Source of Translation Translation Ref de Bilingue Vasenmalerei oldid 90173653 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles ... in both styles on one vase are produced by the same artist. In some cases, however, this is controversial ... more details
Klazomenian vasepainting also Clazomenean vasepainting was a regional style of ancient Greek vasepainting , belonging to the East Greek vasepainting East Greek representations of that form of art. Image Detail eines Klazomenischen Sarkophages 1.JPG thumb Sphinx , detail of a Klazomenian sarcophagi Klazomenian sarcophagus . By the middle of the 6th century BC c. 550 530 BC , the workshops of Klazomenai mainly painted amphora e and hydria i , as well as deep bowls, usually with large, rather angular figures. The vessels are not very carefully made. Popular motifs are circles of dancing women, and animals. The leading workshops were those of the T bingen Painter , the Petrie Painter and the Urla Group . The majority of the vases were found at Naukratis and at Tell Deffenneh , a site abandoned in 525 BC. Their origin was initially unclear, but the archaeologist was able to determine it rhough comparison with the imagery on the so called Klazomenian sarcophagi . The pots were often decorated with added plastic women s masks. Mythological scenes are rare. Popular decoratiove motifs are scale ornaments, rows of white dots and stiff dancing figures. Singular and unusual is the depiction of a herald in front of a king and queen. Men are usually marked by massive spade shaped beards. Since around 600 BC and until c. 520 BC, Clazomenai probably produced the rosette cup , successor shape to the East Greek bird cup . Bibliography Thomas Mannack Griechische Vasenmalerei. Eine Einf hrung . Theiss, Stuttgart 2002, p. 81f., 90 94, 134f. ISBN 3 8062 1743 2. Matthias Steinhart Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch . In Der Neue Pauly , vol. 11, cols. 276 281. Source of Translation Translation Ref de Klazomenische Vasenmalerei oldid 74860311 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Klazomenische Vasenmalerei ... more details
Etruscan vasepainting was produced from the 7th through the 4th centuries BC. It was strongly influenced by Greek vasepainting . Besides being producers in their own right, the Etruscan s were the main export market for Greek pottery outside Greece. In Etruria , richly decorated vases were a standard element of grave inventories. Black figure vasepainting Image Hydrie figures noires, Etrurie d but du Ve si cle av J.C..jpg thumb Etruscan black figure hydria , early 5th century BC The local production ... of black figure vasepainting from Corinthian vasepainting Corinth and East Greek vasepainting ... Greece. The first major style was so called Pontic Group Pontic vasepainting . This was followed ... motifs occur more rarely, but are already created with great care. By this time, Etruscan vasepainting had began to take its main influence from Attica Attic vasepainting . The black figure style ... style of drawing. Red figure vasepainting An imitative adoption of the red figure vasepainting ... had been invented in Greece. Early produce is described as pseudo red figure Etruscan vasepainting ... to Malta , Carthage , Rome and the Liguria Ligurian coast. Pseudo red figure vasepainting Early ... to the usual practice in black figure vasepainting, rather than painted on, as in true red figure ... bis 30. Dezember 1988. Berlin 1988, p. 245 249 ref Red figure vasepainting Image Athena Poseidon ... 75177183 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Etruskische Vasenmalerei ... by covering the whole vase body in black shiny slip ceramics slip , then adding figures ... of Etruscan vase painters. They were replaced with women s heads and figural depictions of not more than two persons. Instead, the vase bodies were now mostly covered with ornamental and floral motifs ... vase production in Etruria. Its standard repertoire included simply painted oinochoe oinochoai , lekythos ... glazed ware , which marked the end of red figure vase production in Etruria. ref Huberta Heres ... more details
Euboean vasepainting was a regional style of ancient Greece ancient Greek Greek vasepaintingvasepainting , prevalent on the island of Euboea . Image Jug women Louvre CA2365.jpg thumb Two women on an orientalising jug, circa 625 600 BC. Paris Louvre . The Iron Age pottery of Euboea is subdivided into four phases Subgeometric 1125 1050 BC , Protogeometric 1050 900 BC , Subprotogeometric 900 750 BC and Late Geometric 750 700 BC . The finds from the cemeteries of Toumba , Skoubris and Palia , we well as from the settlements at Lefkandi and Xeropolis demonstrate the wealth of the island at that time. Although conditions changed several times, positively and negatively, afterwards, the pottery changed little. The Prptogeometric style remained in existence until the mid 8th century. From about 825 BC onwards, an increased influence of Attic vasepainting Attic pottery is notable. The Geomteric vasepainting Geometric vases of Euboea were products of high quality. The centres of production were at Eretria and Lefkandi. Some pof the vessels were covered in a thick cream coloured slip ceramics slip . Initially, the potter painters followed Attica Attic precedents, later also Corinthian vasepainting Corinthian ones. Around 750 BC, the Cesnola Painter , displaying strong Attic influence, was active. He introduced the Attic style of figural painting. Euboea was the only region to produce vessels decorated with suspended concentric semicircles. Also only here, white paint or slip were ... and East Greek vasepainting East Greek than from the true centre of the orientalising style, Corinth ... vasepainting black figure amphora , circa 560 550 BC. Paris Louvre . Euboean black figure vasepainting .... Thus, Chalkidian vasepainting was initially considered Euboean, but is now usually assumed to be from Italy. Bibliography John Boardman Early Greek VasePainting. 11th to 6th Century BC. A Handbook ... Ref de Eub ische Vasenmalerei oldid 56993162 Category Ancient Greek vasepainting styles de Eub ische ... more details
vasepainting styles de B otische Vasenmalerei ... of the Great Athens Kantharos , circa 450 425 BC. Paris Louvre . Boeotian red figure vasepainting flourished between the second half of the 5th and the first decades of the 4th centuries ... more details
No footnotes date October 2011 Image Rider BM B1.jpg thumb Name vase of the Rider Painter , cup, circa 550 530 BC. London British Museum . Laconian vasepainting is a regional style of Greek vasepainting , produced in Laconia , the region of Sparta in the 7th century BC. The first pottery with ornamental decoration produced in Laconia belongs to the Geometric pottery Geomteric period . It was rather lifeless and appears provinvial in comparison to more advanced material, e.g. from Attica . Often it merely imitated Attic vasepainting. Laconian pottery was discovered in considerable amounts in the 19th century, mostly in Etruria Etruscan graves. Initially, it falsely interpreted as produce of Cyrene , where similar material had been found. Thanks to British excavations undertaken since 1906 in the sanctuary of Artemis Orthia at Sparta, the real origin was recognised soon. In 1934 Eugene Numa Lane collated the known finds and became the first archaeologist to distinguish several individual Laconian painters. IN 1956, Brian B. Shifton examined new finds. He reduced the number of painters ... vasepainting Corinth , Attic vasepainting Attica or East Greek vasepainting East Greece , the figurally .... Such zones were to become typical of Laconian vasepainting. He also introduced the typical ... from Taras and Tokra . The flower of Laconian vasepainting is usually placed in the period between ... vasepainting are aming the most significant Greek vases. Bibliography John Boardman Early Greek VasePainting , Thames and Hudson, London 1998 . 11th to 6th Century BC. A Handbook, Thames and Hudson ... Categories Category Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Ancient Greek vasepainting ... material and published his results in 1972. He distinguished five major and three minor vase ... performed by the same individuals, as certain specific features in the vase shapes are only found ... II of Cyrene Arkesilaos II on the Arkesilas Cup , the name vase of the Arkesilas Painter . It was probably ... more details
citation style date November 2011 Group E or E Group was a group of Attica Attic vase painters of the black figure vasepainting black figure style . They were active between 560 and 540 BC. Image Amphora birth Athena Louvre F32.jpg thumb Athena is born from the head of Zeus , amphora, third quarter of the sixth century BC, Louvre F 32. Group E the E stands for Exekias is stylistically quite homogenous. It is the fertile ground from which the art of Exekias grew . ref John Boardman Schwarzfigurige Vasen aus Athen , p. 62 ref Chronologically, the group is somewhat earlier than most of Exekias work. Although most Group E vases were painted by the same painter, several artists belonged to it. Group E is considered the most significant anonymous group of Attic vase painters, because it created high quality works on the one hand, and on the other abandoned the artistic tradition established by Lydos and associated painters, exploring new avenues of expression. Image Heracles Geryon Louvre F55.jpg thumb left Herakles fighting Geryon , amphora, circa 540 BC, Louvre F 55. The main vase shape painted by the group E artists was the belly amphora of type A . Older shapes were abandoned totally e.g. ovoid neck amphora e or mostly e.g. column krater s. The group painted nearly no small vessel types. It introduced a neck amphora with ornamented handles. Before he became visibly active as a painter in his own right, Exekias potted two of the surviving vessels painted by the group. They are the only E group vessels to bear a potter s signature. The drawings by thr group lack the monumentality of earlier work by Lydos or later vases by Exekias. The animal frieze had been abandoned completely. In terms of content, the same themes occurred repeatedly Herakles with the Nemean Lion or with Geryon ... Attic Black Figure Vase Painters , Oxford 1956, p.  133 143. John Boardman Schwarzfigurige Vasen ... Greek vase painters de Gruppe E el ... more details
The Little masters were a group of potters and vase painters in the Attica Attic black figure vasepainting black figure style of the sixth century BC, active in Athens . They mainly produced Little Master Cups Little master cups , but were not entirely limited to such shapes. The group includes Potters Anakles potter Anakles Antidoros Archeneides Archikles Charitaios Chiron potter Chiron Epitimos Ergoteles Eucheiros potter Eucheiros Gageos Glaukytes Hermogenes potter Hermogenes Hischylos Kaulos Kolchos potter Kolchos Kritomenes Myspios Neandros Phrynos potter Phrynos Priapos potter Priapos Sokles potter Sokles Sondros potter Sondros Taleides Teisias potter Teisias Telesias Thrax potter Thrax Thypheitides Tlempolemos potter Tlempolemos Tleson Xenokles potter Xenokles Botkin Class Vase painters Painter of Agora P 1241 Ano Acha ia Painter Karithaios Painter Centauren Painter Neandros Painter Oakeshott Painter Painter of the Palermo Gorgoneion Phrynos Painter Sakonides Sokles Painter Taleides Painter Tleson Painter Painter of Vatican G 62 Xenokles Painter Charon Group Golvol Group Group of Louvre F 81 Group of Rhodes 12264 Group of Toronto 289 Group of Vatican G 61 Group of Villa Giulia 3559 Bibliography John Beazley Little master Cups , in Journal of Hellenic Studies 52 1932 p.  167 204. John Beazley Attic Black figure VasePainting , Oxford 1956, p.  159 197. Dieter Metzler Eine attische Kleinmeisterschale mit T pferszenen in Karlsruhe , in Arch ologischer Anzeiger 1969 p.  138 152. John D. Beazley Paralipomena. Additions to Attic black figure vase painters and to Attic red figure vase painters , Oxford 1971, p.  67 80. Joan Tarlow Haldenstein Little master cups. Studies in 6th century Attic black figure vasepainting , Dissertation University of Cincinnati 1975. Rudolf Wachter Drinking inscriptions on Attic little master cups. A catalogue AVI 3 , in Kadmos ... Articles created via the Article Wizard Category Ancient Greek potters Category Ancient Greek vase ... more details
Refimprove date March 2009 Image MS SchnitzlackvaseFloral15Jh.JPG thumb 120px A China Chinese carved lacquer vase from the Yongle Emperor Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty , 15th century A vase IPAc en icon v z , IPAc en v e s , or IPAc en v e z is an open container, often used to hold cut flower s. It can be made from a number of materials including ceramic s and glass art glass . The vase is often decorated and thus used to extend the beauty of its contents. Vases are defined as having a certain anatomy. Lowest is the foot, a distinguishable base to the piece. The design of the base may be bulbous, flat, carinate , ref Emmanuel Cooper. 2000. Ten Thousand Years of Pottery , fourth edition, University of Pennsylvania Press , ISBN 0812235541, 9780812235548, 352 pages ref or another shape. Next, the body, which forms the main and often largest portion of the piece. Resting atop the body is the shoulder, where the body curves inward. Then the neck, where the vase is given more height. Lastly, the lip, where the vase flares back out at the top. All these attributes can be seen in the picture at right. Many vases are also given handles. Today, the shapes of vases have evolved from the conventional ones to modern designs and shapes. The vase has also developed as an art medium unto itself. The Art in Ancient Greece ancient Greeks famously used vases to depict scenes. It has since been developed and in 2003 the winner of the Turner Prize was Grayson Perry , for vase art. See also Commonscat Vases wiktionary Corning Museum of Glass Urn References reflist Category Containers Category Decorative arts Category Glass art Category Glass containers Category Pottery ceramics stub glass art stub ar bn bg cs V za da Vase de Vase es Jarr n eo Vazo fa fr Vase r cipient gd Bh sa hi io Vazo id Vas it Vaso he kk lt Vaza hu V za nl Vaas ja pl Wazon pt Vaso ru simple Vase sr fi Maljakko sv Vas th uk zh yue ... more details
Geology of the Alps The Adriatic or Apulian Plate is a small tectonic plate carrying primarily continental crust that broke away from the African plate along a large transform fault in the Cretaceous period. The name Adriatic Plate is usually used when referring to the northern part of the plate. This part of the plate was Deformation engineering deformed during the Alpine orogeny , when the Adriatic Apulian Plate continental collision collided with the Eurasian plate . The Adriatic Apulian Plate is thought to still move independently of the Eurasian Plate in NNE direction with a small component of counter clockwise rotation ref cite journal last R. Devotia, C. Ferraroa, E. Gueguenb, R. Lanottea, V. Luceria, A. Nardia, R. Pacionea, P. Rutiglianoa, C. Sciarrettaa, F. Vespe title Geodetic control on recent tectonic movements in the central Mediterranean area journal Tectonophysics year 2002 month March volume 346 issue 3 4 pages 151 167 doi 10.1016 S0040 1951 01 00277 3 ref . The Geologic fault fault zone that separates the two is the Periadriatic Seam that runs through the Alps. Studies indicate that in addition to deforming, the Eurasian continental crust has actually subducted to some extent below the Adriatic Apulian Plate, an unusual circumstance in plate tectonics. Oceanic crust of the African Plate is also subducting under the Adriatic Apulian Plate off the western and southern coasts of the Italian Peninsula, creating a berm of assorted debris which rises from the seafloor and continues onshore. This subduction is also responsible for the volcanics of southern Italy. The eastern Italian Peninsula and the Adriatic Sea are on the Adriatic Apulian Plate. Mesozoic sedimentary rock s deposited on the plate include the limestone s that form the Southern Calcareous Alps . References references Tectonic plates Category Tectonic plates Category Geology of the Alps Category Geology of Italy Category Adriatic Sea de Adriatische Platte fr Plaque adriatique it Placca adriatica ... more details
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