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From about 700 B.C. to 530 B.C., black-figure painting was the predominant technique on Greek vases.
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Wandering through the galleries with no hope of mastering the exhibition, you are free to focus on what catches your eye: a thrilling black-figure vase painting of a panther and a lion pouncing on a mule, or a poignantly naturalistic clay sculpture of a young boy holding a bird.
The Joy of Museums That Live in the Past Francis X. Rocca 2011
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Occupying one side of a magnificent Athenian amphora of about 515 B.C., it is a fearfully dark, passion-filled black-figure panel, attributed to the Rycroft Painter.
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The "other things" include installing a marble fountain that features statues of Achilles and Ajax playing chess an image taken from one of the most famous Grecian black-figure vases, 530 BC.
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The "other things" include installing a marble fountain that features statues of Achilles and Ajax playing chess an image taken from one of the most famous Grecian black-figure vases, 530 BC.
Archive 2009-07-01 2009
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Occupying one side of a magnificent Athenian amphora of about 515 B.C., it is a fearfully dark, passion-filled black-figure panel, attributed to the Rycroft Painter.
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Euphronios was a pioneer in the art of red-figure vase painting, which reversed the older black-figure technique so that outlines and backgrounds appeared in black, the figures themselves in the color of clay.
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Achilles and Ajax play dice in this black-figure vase from the sixth to fourth centuries B.C.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Achilles and Ajax play dice in this black-figure vase from the sixth to fourth centuries B.C.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Painted by the Leagros workshop a group of vase painters who worked in the black-figure technique the vases are offered for sale for $250,000 each.
Ancient History For Sale Carrie Coolidge 2006
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