Black Figure Ceramics

700 bce and continued to be popular until the advent of red figure pottery c.
Black figure ceramics. It replaced an early style. Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting. 530 bce in black figure painting figures and ornamentation were drawn on the natural clay surface of a vase in glossy black pigment. It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding. 700 bce and then adopted by pottery painters in attica where it would become the dominant decorative style from 625 bce and allow athens to dominate the mediterranean pottery market for the next 150 years. Laconia was a third albeit minor producer of the style in the. Greek black figure ceramic vase pot pottery painting greek god apollo 6 7in 17cm greekartifact.
Black figure pottery type of greek pottery that originated in corinth c. Favorite add to. Black figure pottery painting also known as the black figure style or black figure ceramic greek μελανόμορφα melanomorpha 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 as late as the 2nd century bc. It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
Ancient greek black figure pottery named after the colour of the depictions on the pottery was first produced in corinth c.