red-figured
- a variation of red-figure.
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The power of drawing such lines is conspicuous in the decoration of red-figured vases of Athens.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 2 "Anjar" to "Apollo" by Various
On a red-figured vase the god is portrayed as a calf-headed child seated on a woman’s lap.
From The Golden Bough by Frazer, James George, Sir
The red-figured and black-figured styles coexisted for perhaps half a century, but the new style ultimately drove the old one out of the market.
From A History of Greek Art by Tarbell, Frank Bigelow
The process appears again at the end of the 5th century in a small class of Attic vases, which have been regarded as a sort of transition between the black-figured and red-figured.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
In the subjects on red-figured vases we do not find the same variety of choice as on the black-figured, but on the other hand there is infinitely greater freedom of treatment.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 6 "Celtes, Konrad" to "Ceramics" by Various
