Attic Red Figure Hydria
H45 cm complete excavation.
Attic red figure hydria. The kalpis is the rounded form of a hydria or water vessel favored by red figure artists in this period. Comacchio valle trebba. Hydria of kalpis type rounded shoulder function. 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.
The dioscouroi castor and pollux abduct the daughters of leucippus from a sanctuary of aphrodite. This style current between 370 and 330 bc combined the preceding rich and modest styles with a preponderance of the rich. Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce. Attributed to the pan painter.
Ministero per i beni e le attività culturali. Later classical ornate subject s. Red figure with purple white dilute washes and gilding style. The hero wears a chiton winged cap and high boots and holds a sickle shaped blade harpe in his hand.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background. 440 bc 0440. The final decades of attic red figure vase painting are dominated by the kerch style. Expansive style with emotionally charged single figures and groups.
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. Kalpis water jar ca. Perseus decapitates the gorgon medusa. Hydria signed on the shoulder by meidias as maker function.
Crowded compositions with large statuesque figures are typical. 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 added colours now include blue green and others. The three handles of the shape facilitated pouring and lifting.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are from about 320 bce. Sack of troy encircles the shoulder. On this athenian red figure kalpis a tree bends over herakles and the lion indicating that the action takes place outdoors.