Technique
Red-figure
Period
c. 530–320 BC
Collection
35588 vases
The technique that revolutionised Greek vase painting. Figures are left in the natural red clay colour while the background is painted black. This allowed painters to use a brush for internal details instead of an incising tool, enabling far greater naturalism, anatomical detail, and emotional expression.
35588 examples
Vase fragment
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE
Terracotta mask
ca. 100 B.C–50 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE
Terracotta Megarian bowl
1st century BCE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE
Terracotta handle
1st century BCE
Male head
1st century BCE
Terracotta statuette of an emaciated woman
1st century BCE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Bes
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta Megarian bowl
1st century BCE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta lamp with multiple nozzles and ring handle
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase Fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase Fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Female head
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta head of a young satyr
1st century BCE–2nd century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta mold for a relief applique
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
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