Red-Figure Greek Vase Painting | DMA Staging Content Management System

GENERAL DESCRIPTION

A method for decorating clay objects that was developed by the ancient Athenians, the red-figure Greek vase painting technique appears in red, and the background in black. The background is painted on and allowed to dry while all linear detail in the decoration is made by painting on lines. The painted background and lines turn black during the firing of the pottery, leaving the design in the red color of the fired clay. Red-figure was popular in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C.E. in ancient Greece, and considered a more sophisticated style that emerged after the black-figure technique.

Adapted from

Ken Kelsey, DMA unpublished material, 1995.

NOTES

From Ken Kelsey, The Art of the Classical World at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.

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Black Figure Greek Vase Painting

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General Description

A method for decorating clay objects that was developed by the ancient Athenians, the red-figure Greek vase painting technique appears in red, and the background in black. The background is painted on and allowed to dry while all linear detail in the decoration is made by painting on lines. The painted background and lines turn black during the firing of the pottery, leaving the design in the red color of the fired clay. Red-figure was popular in the 6th and 5th centuries B.C.E. in ancient Greece, and considered a more sophisticated style that emerged after the black-figure technique.

Adapted from

Ken Kelsey, DMA unpublished material, 1995.

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Notes

From Ken Kelsey, The Art of the Classical World at the Dallas Museum of Art, Teaching Packet, 1995.