CHAPTER X

_RED-FIGURED VASES_

Origin of red-figure style—Date of introduction—Καλός-names and historical personages—Technical characteristics—Draughts manship—Shapes—Ornamentation—Subjects and types—Subdivisions of style—Severe period and artists—Strong period—Euphronios—Duris, Hieron, and Brygos—Fine period—Influence of Polygnotos—Later fine period—Boeotian local fabric 400–453