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)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP B, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP C, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF by PHILIPPAKI
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
PLATE, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Pyxis
· -450 to -400
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -450 to -400
ASKOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
BOBBIN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Pyxis
· -475 to -425
ASKOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
KANTHAROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Kantharos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON D 12, P OF
· Skyphos
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SPLANCHNOPT P by ESCHBACH
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P by BEAZLEY
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
CUP, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PENTHESILEA P
· Kylix
· -475 to -425
Images courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0)