Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
Attic red figure hydria.
Beazley attic black figure vase painters oxford 1956 254 257.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
With over 20 000 extant pieces attic black figure vases comprise the largest and at the same time most significant vase collection second only to attic red figure vases.
Expansive style with emotionally charged single figures and groups subject s.
The striking meander decoration around the rim of the hydria appears in other works attributed to or in the manner of the lysippides painter for example a krater f306 in the musee du louvre paris.
The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period.
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.
Niobid painter niobid krater attic red figure calyx krater c.
In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets.
High quality attic black figure vases have a uniform glossy pitch black coating and the color.
Other features such as the type of ornament framing the panel also suggest that this vase comes from the later phase of the kleophrades painter s career.
The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
London british museum size.
Attic pottery was exported to magna graecia and even etruria the preference for attic vases led to the development of local south italian and etrurian workshops or schools strongly influenced by attic style but producing exclusively for local markets.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
460 50 b c e 54 x 56 cm musée du louvre speakers.
Hydria of kalpis type rounded shoulder function.
Tiverios elliniki techni museum.
From handle left to right.
Naples museo nazionale archeologico size.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.
Beth harris and dr.
Aeneas flees with his father anchises on his back and his son askanios leading the way.
Attic red figure meidias painter s name vase view larger image view larger image photographs.
Beazley archive pottery.
Sack of troy encircles the shoulder.
The kleophrades painter decorated the angular form of hydria but he later switched to the kalpis.
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On this athenian red figure kalpis a tree bends over herakles and the lion indicating that the action takes place outdoors.
The cultural history of artefacts is a rewarding field of enquiry for understanding the many different ways that certain objects have been seen and valued in the past.
Red figure with purple white.