Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
Greek attic vases.
Attic red figure nolan amphora by hermonax.
The hero wears a chiton winged cap and high boots and holds a sickle shaped blade harpe in his hand the gorgon s head rests in a round sack kibisis slung across his shoulder medusa lies behind him beheaded with blood flowing from the raw stump of her neck.
Perseus decapitates the gorgon medusa.
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It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.
The shards of pots discarded or buried in the 1st millennium bc are still the best guide available to understand the customary life and mind of the ancient greeks.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding black figure style with black figures on a red background.
Ancient greek pottery due to its relative durability comprises a large part of the archaeological record of ancient greece and since there is so much of it over 100 000 painted vases are recorded in the corpus vasorum antiquorum it has exerted a disproportionately large influence on our understanding of greek society.
Perhaps the most celebrated example is the francois vase a large volute krater made by ergotimos and painted by kleitas 570 565 bce which is 66cm high 26 inches and covered in 270 human and animal figures depicting an astonishing range of scenes and characters from greek mythology.
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