Red-figure pottery
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Red-figure pottery is a style of ancient Greek pottery in which the background of the pottery is painted black while the figures and details are left in the natural red or orange color of the clay.
Procession of men, kylix by the Triptolemos Painter, circa 480 BC. Paris: Louvre
The wedding of Thetis, pyxis by the Wedding Painter, circa 470/460 BC. Paris: Louvre
Black-figure scene on the Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter (Munich 2301). Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Red-figure scene on the Belly Amphora by the Andokides Painter (Munich 2301). Munich: Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Phintias (painter)
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Phintias was an ancient Greek vase painter. He worked in the red-figure style, and was an early member of the Pioneer Group of artists who made innovative contributions to the medium through their int
The rape of Leto by Tityos, from an amphora by Phintias, c. 515 BCE
Cup (kylix) painted by Phintias: John Beazley and Martin Robertson consider this "proto-Pioneer" in style, and the earliest known work attributable to him.
Kylix (wine-cup) showing the contest of Heracles and Apollo for the Delphic tripod. Campbell considers this among Phintias's greatest paintings.
Amphora showing a Dionysiac thiasos, praised by Schefold as "a masterpiece of archaic spatial disposition"