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Lucanian ceramics with red figures.
75 pelike lucanian red figure vase related to the creusa painter c.
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It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.
They settled in southern italy and continued working in the greek cities.
Lucanian vase painting was substyle of south italian red figure vase painting produced in lucania between 450 and 325 bc.
The fact that greek southern italy produced its own red figure pottery as early as the end of the 5th century b c.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding.
Of the red figure vases produced in athens alone more than 40 000 specimens and fragments survive today.
The red figure technique for decorating pottery was introduced in athens in circa 530 520 b c.
Red figure vase painting is one of the most important styles of figural greek vase painting.
Was first established by adolf furtwaengler in 1893 a d.
Only few centres of pottery production could compete with athens in terms of innovation quality and production capacity.
The lucanian vase painting tradition began around 430 bc with the works of the pisticci painter.
This nestoris is remarkable for its form inspired by the trozzella of the messapia region as well as for the richness of its red style decoration.
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Trendall prior to that this pottery had been first designated as etruscan and then as attic.
Over the following century athenian potters remained the unrivalled masters of this art until around 430 b c when the devastating war with sparta caused the best vase painters and potters of athens to leave their city.
South italian is a designation for ancient greek pottery fabricated in magna graecia largely during the 4th century bc.
370 bc ceramic musei capitolini.
It was the oldest south italian regional style.
For a long time they dominated the market for fine ceramics.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
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