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Lucanian ceramics with red figures.
Its modern name is based on the figural depictions in red colour on a black background in contrast to the preceding.
It was the oldest south italian regional style.
Trendall prior to that this pottery had been first designated as etruscan and then as attic.
South italian is a designation for ancient greek pottery fabricated in magna graecia largely during the 4th century bc.
It replaced the previously dominant style of black figure vase painting within a few decades.
They settled in southern italy and continued working in the greek cities.
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Of the red figure vases produced in athens alone more than 40 000 specimens and fragments survive today.
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 red figure technique for decorating pottery was introduced in athens in circa 530 520 b c.
75 pelike lucanian red figure vase related to the creusa painter c.
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.
For a long time they dominated the market for fine ceramics.
Red figure pottery enjoyed a rise in popularity in the greek cities in southern italy during the late 5th century.
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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.
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The fact that greek southern italy produced its own red figure pottery as early as the end of the 5th century b c.
Together with sicilian and paestan vase painting it formed a close stylistic community.
South italian vases are ceramics mostly decorated in the red figure technique that were produced by greek colonists in southern italy and sicily the region often referred to as magna graecia or great greece indigenous production of vases in imitation of red figure wares of the greek mainland occurred sporadically in the early fifth century b c.
It developed in athens around 520 bc and remained in use until the late 3rd century bc.