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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
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase Fragment
Vase Fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Lion figurine
Lion figurine
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta head of Dionysos
Terracotta head of Dionysos
1st century BCE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta relief depicting a warrior
Terracotta relief depicting a warrior
1st century BCE
Plate with face, fragmentary
Plate with face, fragmentary
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta head-shaped flask
Terracotta head-shaped flask
ca. 80–1 BCE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta beaker
Terracotta beaker
Kylix · late 1st century BCE
Terracotta jug
Terracotta jug
2nd half of the 1st century BCE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
Vase Fragment
Vase Fragment
ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
Terracotta fragment of an Arretine cup with satyrs
Terracotta fragment of an Arretine cup with satyrs
Signed by Perennius · Kylix · ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
Vase Fragment
Vase Fragment
ca. 31 BCE–14 CE
Faience vase fragment
Faience vase fragment
late 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Vase fragment
Vase fragment
late 1st century BCE
Terracotta cup
Terracotta cup
Kylix · late 1st century BCE
Terracotta cup
Terracotta cup
Kylix · 1st century BCE–1st century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
Terracotta oil lamp
late 1st century BCE–early 1st century CE
Terracotta plaque
Terracotta plaque
27 BCE–68 CE
Terracotta plaque
Terracotta plaque
27 BCE–68 CE
Terracotta plaque
Terracotta plaque
27 BCE–68 CE
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