Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical.
Attic red figure hydria.
On this athenian red figure kalpis a tree bends over herakles and the lion indicating that the action takes place outdoors.
Comacchio valle trebba.
Hydria of kalpis type rounded shoulder function.
H45 cm complete excavation.
This style current between 370 and 330 bc combined the preceding rich and modest styles with a preponderance of the rich.
Attributed to the group of polygnotos.
Perseus decapitates the gorgon medusa.
The final decades of attic red figure vase painting are dominated by the kerch style.
The added colours now include blue green and others.
The hero wears a chiton winged cap and high boots and holds a sickle shaped blade harpe in his hand.
The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period.
Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
Expansive style with emotionally charged single figures and groups.
Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali.
Red figure with purple white dilute washes and gilding style.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
Sack of troy encircles the shoulder.
Later classical ornate subject s.
Attributed to the pan painter.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
The dioscouroi castor and pollux abduct the daughters of leucippus from a sanctuary of aphrodite.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce.
Helera is already in pollux s chariot that races past a statue of the goddess.
440 bc 0440.
Greek attic on the shoulder chariot this vase was made at a time when the red figure technique was becoming established and the relation between glazed and unglazed areas was a matter of considerable experimentation.
Kalpis water jar ca.