Red figure is, put simply, the reverse of the black figure technique. Both were achieved by using the three-phase firing technique. The paintings were applied to the shaped but unfired vessels after they had dried to a … See more

At least from a modern point of view, the Southern Italian red-figure vase paintings represent the only region of production that reaches Attic standards of artistic quality. After the … See more

About 65,000 red-figure vases and vase fragments are known to have survived. The study of ancient pottery and of Greek vase painting began … See more

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References
1. ^ John Boardman: Athenian Red Figure Vases: The Archaic Period,1975, p. 15-16
2. ^ John H. Oakley: Rotfigurige Vasenmalerei, in: DNP 10 (2001), col. 1141 See more

Black-figure vase painting had been developed in Corinth in the 7th century BCE and quickly became the dominant style of pottery … See more

In contrast to black-figure vase painting, red-figure vase painting developed few regional traditions, workshops or "schools" outside Attica and Southern Italy. The few exceptions include some workshops in Boeotia (Painter of the Great Athens Kantharos), See more

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• See also Liste der Formen, Typen und Varianten der antiken griechischen Fein- und Gebrauchskeramik in the German Wikipedia … See more