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.
Attic black figure technique.
Red figure quickly eclipsed black figure yet in the unique form of the panathanaic amphora black figure continued to be utilised well into the 4th century bc.
Circa 520 bc the red figure technique was developed and was gradually introduced in the form of the bilingual vase by the andokides painter oltos and psiax.
Laconia was a third albeit minor producer of the style in the.
The athenians who began to use the technique at the end of the 7th century bce retained the corinthian use of animal friezes for decoration until c.
In contrast the decorative motifs on red figure vases remained the color of the clay.
The red figure technique emerged around 591 b c.
Figures could be articulated with glaze lines or dilute washes of glaze applied with a brush.
The red figure technique was invented around 530 b c quite possibly by the potter andokides and his workshop.
Figures are further enhanced with glaze lines or a brush.
The background filled in with a slip turned black.
The black figure technique was first applied in the middle of the 7th century bc during the period of proto attic vase painting.
Influenced by pottery from corinth which offered the highest quality at the time attic vase painters switched to the new technology between about 635 bc and the end of the century.