White-ground technique
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White-ground technique is a style of white ancient Greek pottery and the painting in which figures appear on a white background. It developed in the region of Attica, dated to about 500 BC. It was esp
Kylix of Apollo, Attic, c. 460 BC. Apollo pours a libation, detail.
Attic white-ground lekythos (type I) depicting Heracles fighting Geryon, Antonino Salinas Regional Archaeological Museum, Palermo
Spinning woman, Attic oinochoe (type III), probably from Locri, by the Brygos Painter, c. 490 BC
Hera on the tondo of an Attic white-ground kylix (type IV) found at Vulci, by the Sabouroff Painter (c. 470 BC)
Brygos Painter
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The Brygos Painter was an ancient Greek Attic red-figure vase painter of the Late Archaic period. Together with Onesimos, Douris and Makron, he is among the most important cup painters of his time. He
Red-figure kylix by the Brygos Painter (c. 480 BC), Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich
Aulos player, tondo of a red-figure kylix, c. 490 BCE. Paris, Louvre.
Alcaeus and Sappho, Side A of an Attic red-figure calathus, ca. 470 BC. From Akragas, Staatliche Antikensammlungen
Zeuxo and Chrysippos, tondo of a red-figure kylix, c. 490/480 BCE. From the "Brygos Tomb" (Tomb II), Capua. London, British Museum.