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Red-Figure Pottery in Greek Art

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Euphronios Painter

Satyr and maenad, tondo of a red-figure Attic cup, ca. 510 BC-500 B.C.

Satyr pursues a maenad, tondo of a red-figure Attic cup, c. 510 BC-500 B.C.

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Euphronios (c.520-470 B.C.), like the Berlin Painter, was one of the Athenian pioneers of red-figure painting. Euphronios was also a potter. He signed his name on 18 vases, 12 times as potter and 6 as painter. Euphronios used techniques of foreshortening and overlapping to show the third dimension. He painted scenes from daily life and mythology. In this photo of a tondo (circular painting) at the Louvre, a satyr pursues a maenad.

Source: Getty Museum

Index: Red-Figure Pottery in Greek Art

  1. Introduction to Red-Figure Pottery
  2. Berlin Painter
  3. Euphronios Painter
  4. Pan Painter
  5. Apulian Eumenides Painter

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