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
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P by FREEMAN
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P by BEAZLEY
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ZEPHYROS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEWIS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ZEPHYROS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ZEPHYROS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ZEPHYROS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ZEPHYROS P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGATHON P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGATHON P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGATHON P
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AGATHON P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MOUNT HOLYOKE GROUP
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE CA 1849, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DOURIS by RICCIONI
· Skyphos
· -500 to -450
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AKRIDION P
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 10464 P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps ATHENS 10464 P OF by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
PLATE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BRYN MAWR P
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CZARTORYSKI KANTHAROS, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CZARTORYSKI KANTHAROS, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Polygnotos
· Hydria
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CZARTORYSKI KANTHAROS, CLASS OF
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CZARTORYSKI KANTHAROS, CLASS OF by BEAZLEY
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
CUP, STEMLESS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OWL-SKYPHOI, CLASS OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
MUG (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OWL-SKYPHOI, CLASS OF
· -475 to -425
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