Attic red figure nolan amphora by hermonax.
Greek attic vases.
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.
It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.
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.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
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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.
Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
The most important areas of production apart fro.
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.