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
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta statuette of a bear holding an oil lamp
4th–7th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
4th–5th century CE
Red-figure calyx-krater
Krater
· ca. 360–350 BCE (4th Century BCE)
Terracotta oil lamp
5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 5th–7th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
5th century CE
Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike
Pelike
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attische Lekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Pelike (Attisch-rotfigurige Pelike)
Pelike
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Schale (Attische Trinkschale)
Kylix
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Halsamphora (Attische Amphora)
Amphora
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Kelchkrater (Kelchkrater des Berliner Tänzerinnen-Malers)
Krater
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos, Fragment, aus 6 Scherben zusammengesetzt
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos (Kleiner Aryballos)
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attisch rotfigurige Bauchlekythos. (Aryballos)
Lekythos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Kanne (Attische Weinkanne: Liebespaar)
Oinochoe
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Attischer Trinkbecher
Skyphos
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Kanne (Attische Weinkanne)
Kodros-Maler
· Oinochoe
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Trinkschale (Attische, rotfigurige Trinkschale (Kylix))
Kylix
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Schale (Attische Trinkschale.)
Kylix
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Rotfiguriger Spitzamphoriskos (Attische Miniatur-Spitzamphora)
Amphora
· 451-475 n. Chr.
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
late 5th–6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 6th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 550–650 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
ca. 550–650 CE
Terracotta oil lamp
7th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
7th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
7th century CE
Terracotta oil lamp
7th century CE
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