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  2. Etruscan vase painting - Wikipedia

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    Early produce is described as pseudo-red-figure Etruscan vase painting, due to its differing technique. Only by the end of the 5th century was the true red-figure technique introduced to Etruria. For both pseudo- and true red-figure, numerous painters, workshops and production centres have been recognised.

  3. The Revelers Vase - Wikipedia

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    The Revelers Vase, then, is a product of the early forays into working with red figure technique. Created in the amphora shape, the Revelers Vase was likely created in Athens, the home of Euthymides, and purchased by an Etruscan noble. It was created for aesthetic rather than functional purposes.

  4. Etruscan art - Wikipedia

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    Etruscan vase paintings were produced from the 7th through the 4th centuries BC, and is a major element in Etruscan art. It was strongly influenced by Greek vase painting , followed the main trends in style, especially those of Athens , over the period, but lagging behind by some decades.

  5. Red-figure pottery - Wikipedia

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    Procession of men, kylix by the Triptolemos Painter, circa 480 BCE. Paris: Louvre The wedding of Thetis, pyxis by the Wedding Painter, circa 470/460 BCE. Paris: Louvre. Red-figure pottery (Ancient Greek: ἐρυθρόμορφα, romanized: erythrómorpha) is a style of ancient Greek pottery in which the background of the pottery is painted black while the figures and details are left in the ...

  6. Euphronios Krater - Wikipedia

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    The Euphronios Krater stands 45.7 cm (18 inches) in height and has a diameter of 55.1 cm (21.7 inches). It can hold about 45 L (12 gallons). The style of the vase is red-figure pottery, in which figure outlines, details, and the background are painted with an opaque black slip while the figures themselves are left in the color of the unpainted terracotta ceramic clay.

  7. Tomb of the Triclinium - Wikipedia

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    The tomb consists of a single room. The fresco on the back wall shows a banquet scene, borrowed from depictions of drinking scenes on Attic red-figure pottery from the early fifth century. The banqueteers recline on three couches called klinai. [2] On the floor under the klinai a cat prowls towards a rooster and a partridge. [3]

  8. Charun - Wikipedia

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    Charun with a hammer on a fresco in the François Tomb in Vulci, 4th century BC. The Etruscan Charun was fundamentally different from his Greek counterpart. Guarding the entry to the underworld, he is depicted with a hammer (his religious symbol) and is shown with pointed ears, snakes around his arms, and a blueish coloration symbolizing the decay of death.

  9. Pottery of ancient Greece - Wikipedia

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    The white-ground technique was developed at the end of the 6th century BC. Unlike the better-known black-figure and red-figure techniques, its coloration was not achieved through the application and firing of slips but through the use of paints and gilding on a surface of white clay. It allowed for a higher level of polychromy than the other ...