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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)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOSTON 10.190, GROUP OF · -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
BOSTON 10.190, GROUP OF by BEAZLEY · -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
Oinochoe
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P by BOTHMER · Lekythos · -500 to -450
EPICHYSIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
EPICHYSIS (SOUTH ITALIAN, APULIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ARISTOPHANES · Kylix · -450 to -400
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ARISTOPHANES · Kylix · -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ICARUS P by BEAZLEY · Lekythos · -475 to -425
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ARISTOPHANES · Kylix · -450 to -400
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, BELL, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ARISTOPHANES · Krater · -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ARISTOPHANES · Lekythos · -450 to -400
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1243, P OF · Pyxis · -450 to -400
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1243, P OF · Pyxis · -450 to -400
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Oinochoe · -500 to -450
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Oinochoe · -500 to -450
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PYXIS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1243, P OF · Pyxis · -450 to -400
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PYXIS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 1243, P OF · Pyxis · -450 to -400
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE MN 558, P OF · -450 to -400
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE MN 558, P OF · -450 to -400
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · -500 to -450
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE MN 558, P OF · Loutrophoros · -450 to -400
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUVRE MN 558, P OF by BEAZLEY · -450 to -400
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
OINOCHOE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12144, GROUP OF · Oinochoe · -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Lekythos · -500 to -450
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12144, GROUP OF · -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
ATHENS 12144, GROUP OF · -450 to -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Hydria · -450 to -400
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CHOUS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
-450 to -400
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
CUP, FRAGMENTS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Kylix · -500 to -450
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Hydria · -450 to -400
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Hydria · -450 to -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Hydria · -500 to -450
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Hydria · -450 to -400
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
HYDRIA (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Hydria · -450 to -400
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, CALYX (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P by BEAZLEY · Krater · -450 to -400
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
SKYPHOS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PAN P · Skyphos · -500 to -450
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Krater · -450 to -400
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEKYTHOS, SQUAT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LONDON E 614, GROUP OF · Lekythos · -450 to -400
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LEBES (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · -450 to -400
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Loutrophoros · -450 to -400
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Loutrophoros · -450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P · Krater · -500 to -450
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUTROPHOROS, FRAGMENT (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Loutrophoros · -450 to -400
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
KRATER, COLUMN (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P · Krater · -500 to -450
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P · Pelike · -500 to -450
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
LOUTROPHOROS (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
MEIDIAS P · Loutrophoros · -450 to -400
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PELIKE (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P · Pelike · -500 to -450
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
AMPHORA, BELLY, TYPE B (ATHENIAN, RED-FIGURE)
PIG P · Amphora · -500 to -450
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