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
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CRAWLING BOY WORKSHOP
· -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KERCH
· -400 to -300
CHOUS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 13031, CLASS OF*
· -425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-475 to -425
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 TO -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -450 to -400
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FOUNDRY P by HORNBOSTEL
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Phintias
· Kylix
· -550 to -500
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MARLAY P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CURTI P by HALM-TISSERANT
· Krater
· -450 to -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Hydria
· -400 to -300
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OEDIPUS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 TO -300
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
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