Hydria of kalpis type rounded shoulder function.
Attic red figure hydria.
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.
The kleophrades painter decorated the angular form of hydria but he later switched to the kalpis.
Red figure with purple white.
Attic red figure meidias painter s name vase view larger image view larger image photographs.
Naples museo nazionale archeologico size.
Sack of troy encircles the shoulder.
Kleophrades painter greek attic active 505 475 b c.
London british museum size.
Niobid painter niobid krater attic red figure calyx krater c.
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The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.
Figure 1 attic red figure hydria attributed to the meidias painter 420 400 bc trustees of the british museum london.
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.
From handle left to right.
Beazley archive pottery.
Beth harris and dr.
Aeneas flees with his father anchises on his back and his son askanios leading the way.
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.
Attic potters benefitted from the excellent iron rich clay found in attica.
In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets.
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 three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
High quality attic black figure vases have a uniform glossy pitch black coating and the color.
Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period.
Tiverios elliniki techni museum.
460 50 b c e 54 x 56 cm musée du louvre speakers.
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.
Beazley attic black figure vase painters oxford 1956 254 257.