Description, Function, Attribution, and Analysis of a Red-Figure Type B Kylix

Red-figure pottery

Red-figure pottery is a style of (Click link for more info and facts about Greek pottery) Greek pottery in which the figure outlines, details and the background are painted black, while the figure itself is not painted. This way, the figures take on the typical reddish tone of pottery after it has been burned in the presence of (A nonmetallic bivalent element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless nonflammable diatomic gas; constitutes 21 percent of the atmosphere by volume; the most abundant element in the earth's crust) oxygen.

Red-figure pottery, developed around 530 BC, superseded the earlier (Click link for more info and facts about black-figure pottery) black-figure pottery because the new process allowed more intricate detail on the ornaments, humans, animals, etc. depicted. It remained popular until the late 4th century BC.

Red-figure pottery is considered to mark the apex of Greek pottery, as most (An open jar of glass or porcelain used as an ornament or to hold flowers) vases or cups famous today for their skillful painting are in the red-figure style.

Black-figure pottery

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The black-figure pottery technique is a style of ancient (Click link for more info and facts about Greek pottery) Greek pottery painting in which the decoration appears as black (A drawing of the outline of an