Vases › Red-figure

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

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

PELIKE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SITULA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

SKYPHOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

PLATE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

PLATE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

Krater · -450 to -400

KRATER, CALYX (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, CALYX (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

Krater · -425 to -375

AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

LEKYTHOS, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

OINOCHOE, FRAGMENTS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, BELLY, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENTS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENTS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

CUP (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

CUP (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

Krater · -425 to -375

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, BELL (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

AMPHORA, PANATHENAIC SHAPE (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

FRAGMENT (SOUTH ITALIAN, LUCANIAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, VOLUTE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

KRATER, VOLUTE (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

STAMNOS (FALISCAN, RED-FIGURE)

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