Ancient Pots Archaic into Classical

Shapes Amphora Panathenaic Amphora Lekythos Pelike Volute Krater Hydria Psykter Epinetron Kylix Eye Cups

Technique Black Figure –silhouette –incised detail –added red, white, purple paint –earlier Red-Figure –I/8 line –painted detail –various brushes –not “paint” but thick slip

Francois Vase Florence, Arch. Mus.66 m high 570 BCE volute krater Kleitias, painter; Ergotimos, potter Myths: Kalydonian boar hunt, funeral games for Patroklos, marriage of Peleus and Thetis, ambush of Troilus.

Obverse Side Arrival of Athenians and Theseus from Crete Centauromachy Marriage of Peleus and Thetis, continued. Return of Hephaistos to Mt. Olympos.

Amasis Painter Dionysos and the Maenads.33 m high BCE Master of incision

Athena and Poseidon Use of verticals for design Incorporation of inscription Alludes to struggle for Athens

Exekias Painter Penthesilea and Achilles, Dice-playing, Dionysos on the sea, Ajax Pensive moments, private moments, intimacy BCE

Andokides Painter Pioneers First bilingual (one side black figure, one side red figure) Fine lines Inventor of red figure

Andokides Vases Achilles feasting Apollo and Herakles struggle for the tripod Herakles with Cerberus

Euphronios Known as potter and painter Struggles with twisting of body Fine representations of muscles, sinew Emotional impact Careful composition Herakles and Antaios Sarpedon Krater

Euthymides “Not even Euphronios this.” Revelers. 510 BCE

Berlin Painter 490 BCE Fine detail, stylized, idealized Single figures on a plain black expanse No groundline Pairs of figures carefully overlapping

Brygos Painter Crowded, busy scenes with much overlap Thematic unity Appropriate for the shape of the cup Aristocratic concerns Sack of Troy Drunken revelers

Niobid Painter BCE Influence of mural wall painter Themes that need multiple groundlines Punishment of Niobe by Artemis and Apollo

Achilles painter 440 BCE Contraposto pose of Achilles Like Berlin painter but with groundline Painters have caught up with sculptors.

White ground technique 1st half of the fifth century Its failure in the late 6th century led to red figure technique Usually funerary lekythos But there are kraters, pyxides, and amphorae Use of subtle shading, like a canvas