Red figure vase from Athens, showing Herakles wrestling Antaeus Problems with black figure Around 530 BC, Athenian potters were more and more frustrated by the black-figure way of vase-painting. (More about [...]
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, [...]
A vase by the Berlin Painter, from ancient Athens Where did the Berlin Painter live? One of the most famous Greek red-figure vase painters is known today as the Berlin [...]
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 [...]
What is rust? A rusty fence railing Oxidation reactions Fire isn't the only kind of combustion reaction. Some kinds of metal, if you leave them in contact with oxygen, will [...]
Diagram of an iron atom When a red giant star finishes changing all of its helium into carbon and oxygen, it then starts to turn the carbon and oxygen atoms into iron atoms. Iron [...]
