<span>A slip (engobe) is a
liquid mixture of clay and other materials suspended in water. Slip can be white
or colored clay applied to a ceramic body to give it decorative color or
improved texture. A glaze is used as waterproof layer which has been fused to a
ceramic body through firing. Glaze is the last layer of ceramic that mostly
serves to waterproof an item, but through multiple steps, it could also be used
for decorating. Slip and glaze differ also in their composition. Slip has clay
as dominant component in its mixture and the flux and glass former as auxiliary
substance. The glazes are vice versa, with the flux and the glass former as
predominant.</span>
In this ballad, Prufrock is addressing a unidentified male partner yet it likewise appears as though Prufrock is addressing himself as though in talk or an inside monolog. The epigraph is from Dante's Inferno. In this unique circumstance, a character in the Inferno recounts his story to the artist trusting that it will never be rehashed.
This is an ambiguous question: if you meant with what medium and implements he painted, it would probably be animal hair brushes and fresco (paint applied to damp plaster).
He stood (not lying down, as is popularly believed) while painting on wooden boards hanging by the building scaffolding by ropes, so that he was close to the ceiling.
Greek drama was used to influence society because the stories told were primarily morality tales, meant to teach a lesson to those watching.