Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens.
Attic red figure hydria.
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The dioscouroi castor and pollux abduct the daughters of leucippus from a sanctuary of aphrodite.
Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
Tomb 271 valle trebba.
440 bc 0440.
Attributed to the group of polygnotos.
Comacchio valle trebba.
The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical.
Attributed to the pan painter.
Greek attic on the shoulder chariot this vase was made at a time when the red figure technique was becoming established and the relation between glazed and unglazed areas was a matter of considerable experimentation.
Sack of troy encircles the shoulder.
The hero wears a chiton winged cap and high boots and holds a sickle shaped blade harpe in his hand.
The added colours now include blue green and others.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce.
Attic red figure kalpis kleophrades painter greek attic active 505 475 b c 40 6 38 4 31 cm 16 15 1 8 12 3 16 in 82 ae 7 open content images tend to be large in file size.
On this athenian red figure kalpis a tree bends over herakles and the lion indicating that the action takes place outdoors.
Helera is already in pollux s chariot that races past a statue of the goddess.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
Perseus decapitates the gorgon medusa.
Expansive style with emotionally charged single figures and groups.
The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period.
H45 cm complete excavation.
Later classical ornate subject s.
The final decades of attic red figure vase painting are dominated by the kerch style.
Kalpis water jar ca.