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
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PANAITIOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KLEOPHRADES P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PANAITIOS P by RICCIONI
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Krater
· -525 to -475
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DOKIMASIA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TRIPTOLEMOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DOKIMASIA P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
TRIPTOLEMOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MAKRON by RICCIONI
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYGOS P by WIEL-MARIN
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Skyphos
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Douris
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PARIS GIGANTOMACHY, P OF THE
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MAKRON by WIEL-MARIN
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kylix
· -500 to -450
FIGURE VASE, KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SABOUROFF CLASS by UNKNOWN
· Kantharos
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Makron
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pelike
· -475 to -425
KRATER, BELL (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OXFORD GRYPOMACHY, P OF THE by UNKNOWN
· Krater
· -400 to -300
ALABASTRON (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
NEGRO ALABASTRA, GROUP OF THE
· Alabastron
· -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Lekythos
· -475 to -425
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
WASHING P
· Loutrophoros
· -450 to -400
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