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)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DINOS P
· -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
STAND, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
DIOGENES P
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CHOUS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KERCH
· -400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-425 to -375
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE A (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYLEUS P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P
· -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, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-400 to -300
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
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)
-450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GÖTTINGEN, P OF
· Krater
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYLEUS P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYLEUS P
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
STAMNOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SYLEUS P
· Stamnos
· -500 to -450
CUP B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ERETRIA P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLYING-ANGEL P
· -500 to -450
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLYING-ANGEL P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Imitation of FLYING-ANGEL P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to ERETRIA P by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FLYING-ANGEL P
· Lekythos
· -500 to -450
CHOUS, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Akin to ERETRIA P by BEAZLEY
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BELDAM WORKSHOP
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE G 238, P OF
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
KANTHAROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Kantharos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oltos
· Kylix
· -525 to -475
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Perhaps SYLEUS P by KENNER
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MATSCH P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
AMPHORA, NECK (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MATSCH P
· Amphora
· -500 to -450
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MATSCH P
· Krater
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GERAS P
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 895, P OF
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
VIENNA 895, P OF
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CALLIOPE P
· Kylix
· -450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GERAS P
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
GERAS P
· Pelike
· -500 to -450
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