style of painting on ancient Greek vases, 700–530 BCE
Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC. Stylistically it can be distinguished from the preceding orientalizing period and the subsequent red-figure pottery style.
Amphora by Exekias, Achilles and Ajax engaged in a board game, c.540-530 BC, Vatican Museums, Vatican City. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Black-figure, white-background lekythos by the Diosphos Painter showing…
Black-figure, white-background lekythos by the Diosphos Painter showing Achilles in a chariot dragging the corpse of Hector behind him, ca. 490 BC, found in Eretria, now in the Louvre, Paris. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Competition painted on a Panathenaic prize amphora, attributed to the Berlin Painter, c. 480/470 BC, found in Nola, now in the Berlin Collection of Classical Antiquities, Altes Museum. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Olive harvest shown on a neck amphora by the Antimenes Painter, c. 520 BC, from…
Olive harvest shown on a neck amphora by the Antimenes Painter, c. 520 BC, from Vulci, now in the British Museum London. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Scene from a black-figure amphora from Athens, 6th century BC, now in the…
Scene from a black-figure amphora from Athens, 6th century BC, now in the Louvre, Paris. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Arcesilaus II, king of Cyrene, observes his subjects working, on a cup by the…
Arcesilaus II, king of Cyrene, observes his subjects working, on a cup by the Arcesilaos Painter c. 565/560 BC, found in Vulci, now in the Cabinet des médailles de la Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
Wrestling match between Peleus and Atalanta during the funeral games for King Pelias, hydria by the Inscription Painter, c. 550 BC, now in the Munich State Collections of Antiquities. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
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Herakles and Athena, red-figure side of the above amphora, by the Lysippides Painter, c. 520/510 BC, from Vulci, now in the Munich State Collection of Antiquities. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
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Heracles and Athena, black-figure side of a belly amphora by the Andokides Painter, c. 520/510 BC, from Vulci, now in the Munich State Collection of Antiquities. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
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Athena wearing the aegis, Attic black-figured hydria by the potter Pamphaios (signed) and the Euphiletos Painter, c. 540 BC. Found in Tuscania, now in the Cabinet des Médailles, BNF, Paris. Black-figure pottery painting is one of the styles of painting on antique Greek vases. It was especially common between the 7th and 5th centuries BC, although there are specimens dating in the 2nd century BC.
The foundation for pottery painting is the vase onto which an image is painted. Popular shapes alternated with passing fashions. Production techniques →
The evolution of black-figure pottery painting is traditionally described in terms of various regional styles and schools. Using Corinth as the hub, there were basic differences in the productions of the individual regions, even if they did influence each other. Developments →
The black-figure technique was developed around 700 BC in Corinth and used for the first time in the early 7th century BC by Proto-Corinthian pottery painters, who were still painting in the orientalizing style. Corinth →
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