Black-figure Gallery

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fishstickmonkey:Black-figure trefoil oinochoe (olpe): two horsemenGreek, Attic, ca. 600–580 B.C. Cer

lionofchaeronea:Black-figure terracotta plate with a Gorgon’s head surrounded by bands of mythical a

lionofchaeronea:Dionysus and satyrs pressing grapes. Attic black-figure amphora, artist unknown; ca

As Heracles (left) attacks Cycnus, son of Ares (right), Zeus steps between them to break up the figh

“Judgement of Paris”, side A of an Etruscan black-figure amphora, c. 530 B.C.

Heracles battles the three-bodied monster Geryon, whose cattle he has come to steal as part of his T

Terracotta tumbler with eight dancing youths, Archaic, Greek ca. 525–510 B.C.These youths are descen

Attic Black-Figure Neck Amphora by Ancient Greek painter known as Swing Painter, ca. 540-530 BC

Women drawing water at a fountain-house. Belly of an Attic black-figure hydria (water jar), attribut

Corinthian terracotta aryballos (oil container) depicting warriors on the march. Artist unknown; ca

Odysseus and Ajax dispute over the arms of Achilles. Attic black-figure oinochoe, attr. to the Tale

lionofchaeronea:Attic black-figure terracotta funerary plaque. Above, a scene of prothesis (laying

didoofcarthage:Black-figure amphora with the arming of Achilles (top) and a group of warriors (botto

antiquitystuff:Black-figure oinochoe depicting Herakles fighting Amazons c.500 BCImage from LACMA vi

lionofchaeronea:Hermes Kriophoros (”Ram-Bearer”). Attic black-figure olpe, attributed to the Painte

lionofchaeronea:The battle of the Lapiths and Centaurs (Centauromachy). Attic black-figure terracott

hedgewitchgarden:Hecate, Athenian black-figure kylix C6th B.C., Museum der Universität Tübingen

A torch-racer. Black-figure Panathenaic amphoriskos, artist unknown; ca. 400 BCE. Found at Eretria

didoofcarthage:Black-figure aryballos (oil flask), signed by Nearchos as potterGreek (Attic), Archai

didoofcarthage:Black-figure column-krater depicting a charioteer in a quadriga and two youths on hor

A symposium in a vine-covered arbor surrounds a Gorgon’s head. Attic black-figure cup, late 6

Ajax carries the dead Achilles from the battlefield, as described in the lost Aethiopis, part of the

lionofchaeronea:Pegasus. Attic black-figure squat lekythos, artist unknown; ca. 450 BCE. Now in th

Dionysus, holding a kantharos, with his son Oenopion. Detail from an Attic black-figure amphora, si

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