Attic Red Figure Lekythos

The vase is made of a light red clay while the background of the vase decorative elements and details were added in a black slip.

Attic red figure lekythos.

Its distinctive black and red color and style of decoration likely indicate it is greek though where it comes from is a mystery. The final decades of attic red figure vase painting are dominated by the kerch style. Although the garden frequently appears in. Painter of the frankfort acorn greek attic phintias 18 4 10 6 cm 7 1 4 4 3 16 in 91 ae 10.

Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical. This form is called lekythos a small pouring form commonly used in greek ritual practice and funerary rituals. Satyr between maenads shoulder. This lekythos is the cu art museum s only example of a vase decorated in the red figure technique.

Open content images tend to be large in file size. In red figure pottery the figures are created in the original red orange of the clay. A lekythos is a vessel used to store oil used for religious or funerary purposes. This style current between 370 and 330 bc combined the preceding rich and modest styles with a preponderance of the rich.

Carlsruhe painter greek active 475 450 b c 24 5 cm 9 5 8 in 71 ae 444. Frontal faces in attic vase painting of the archaic period. The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce. To avoid potential data charges from your carrier we recommend making sure your device is connected to a wi fi network before downloading.

Frontal faces in attic vase painting of the archaic period. Attic red figure lekythos eucharides painter greek attic active about 500 470 b c 33 8 cm 13 5 16 in 73 ae 23 open content images tend to be large in file size. The single handle on this vase is decorated with black slip on its top exposed surface and is left in the color of the clay on its underside. Additions to attic black figure vase painters and to attic red figure vase painters 2nd edition.

On this athenian red figure lekythos four nymphs tend the trees and the goddess artemis approaches in a chariot drawn by deer accompanied by a centaur. The added colours now include blue green and others. Von bothmer dietrich and alan l. 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.