The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
Attic pottery definition.
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 vase was discovered in c.
The exploits of heracles perseus and other heroes were painted often on large vases used as burial containers.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.
The françois vase is a large attic volute krater dating to c.
Attic white ground polychrome lekythos.
The outstanding significance of attic pottery comes from their almost endless repertoire of scenes covering a wide range of themes.
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.
In background bands taeniae attic white ground polychrome lekythos.
An astonishing range of scenes and characters from greek mythology cover the vase and make it an important reference for these stories some of which no longer exist in written form.
Decoration of woman with wreath seated on chair.
Ribbon vase leakythos pottery whites attic h.
18 5 cm classic white ground attic 450.
The most outstanding attic artists elevated vase painting to a graphic art but a large number of average quality and mass market products were also produced.
570 565 bce and it is perhaps the example par excellence of the black figure pottery style.
The bodies of men and animals were.
Red figure pottery is a style of greek vase painting that was invented in athens around 530 bce.
Other articles where proto attic style is discussed.
The new style is called proto attic and includes for the first time scenes referring unambiguously to greece s heroic past.