Helera is already in pollux s chariot that races past a statue of the goddess.
Attic red figure pottery.
Black figure pottery type of greek pottery that originated in corinth c.
The finishing details were incised into the black.
The dioscouroi castor and pollux abduct the daughters of leucippus from a sanctuary of aphrodite.
The style is characterized by drawn red figures and a painted black background.
With over 20 000 extant pieces attic black figure vases comprise the largest and at the same time most significant vase collection second only to attic red figure vases.
Later classical ornate subject s.
The eumenides painter was so named because of his topic the oresteia.
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.
This is a photo of a red figure bell krater 380 370 showing clytemnestra trying to awaken the erinyes.
Attic potters benefitted from the excellent iron rich clay found in attica.
530 bce in black figure painting figures and ornamentation were drawn on the natural clay surface of a vase in glossy black pigment.
The last recorded examples of attic red figure pottery are.
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.
Red figure with purple white dilute washes and gilding style.
In the 5th century attic fine pottery now predominantly red figure maintained its dominance in the markets.