Black-figure amphora by Exekias showing Achilles and Ajax playing checkers A famous vase painter One of the most famous Greek black-figure vase painters was called Exekias (ex-EEK-ee-us). Exekias was from [...]
Exekias: Dionysos turning a ship into vines (Athens, ca. 530 BC) When your pot is dry, you fire it in a kiln. First you give it a lot of air, [...]
Black figure amphora by Exekias showing Achilles and Ajax playing checkers What does "black figure" mean? In Athens, in the Archaic period, potters kept right on making clay pots with [...]
A red-figure vase painted by the Berlin Painter (Athens, about 480 BC) If you need an art project, or something you can do sitting down, here's a suggestion for a [...]
