Kalpis water jar ca.
Attic red figure hydria.
Comacchio valle trebba.
Attributed to the pan painter.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
Red figure pottery grew in popularity and by the early 5th century bce it had all but replaced black figure pottery as the predominant pottery type in athens.
The dioscouroi castor and pollux abduct the daughters of leucippus from a sanctuary of aphrodite.
The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period.
This style current between 370 and 330 bc combined the preceding rich and modest styles with a preponderance of the rich.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
On this athenian red figure kalpis a tree bends over herakles and the lion indicating that the action takes place outdoors.
Helera is already in pollux s chariot that races past a statue of the goddess.
Perseus decapitates the gorgon medusa.
Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali.
Later classical ornate subject s.
440 bc 0440.
Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical.
Hydria of kalpis type rounded shoulder function.
Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
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.
The added colours now include blue green and others.
Sack of troy encircles the shoulder.
H45 cm complete excavation.
The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
The hero wears a chiton winged cap and high boots and holds a sickle shaped blade harpe in his hand.
Attic red figure kalpis kleophrades painter greek attic active 505 475 b c 40 6 38 4 31 cm 16 15 1 8 12 3 16 in 82 ae 7 open content images tend to be large in file size.
Tomb 271 valle trebba.
Expansive style with emotionally charged single figures and groups.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce.