Red-Figure Pottery in Ancient Greece

Red-Figure Pottery, popular in Ancient Greece from the 6th century through the 4th century BC, used an artistic technique where the background was painted with black paint and the figures in the foreground were left untouched in the red clay. Red-Figure Pottery spanned several periods: the Pioneers, the Archaic, the Early Classical, the Classical, and the Late Classical. Each of these periods applied different techniques and styles and had their own artists that greatly excelled at their style. Often, the b