red-figure

Examples of red-figure in the following topics:

• Etruscan Ceramics

  • The Etruscans developed an imitative adoption of the red-figure technique (known as Pseudo-Red-Figure) around 490 BCE, nearly half a century after that style had been invented in Greece.
  • In true red-figure, the red areas were left free of slip.
  • In pseudo-red-figure painting, internal details were marked by incision, similar to the usual practice in black-figure vase painting, rather than painted on, as in true red-figure.
  • Even after true red-figure became the dominant style, some workshops continued to specialize in pseudo-red-figure painting into the fourth century BCE.
  • Only by the end of the fifth century BCE was the true red-figure technique introduced to Etruria.

• Ceramics in the Greek Archaic Period

  • Instead of painting a figure with black slip and using a burin to scrape away the slip to create details, red-figure painting has the background painted black and the figures left the red color of the terra cotta.
  • One side depicted the scene in black-figure and the other side depicted the scene in red-figure.
  • Euthymides is known as a pioneer of red-figure painting.
  • Red-figure side of a bilingual amphora.
  • Athenian Red-figure calyx krater.

• Ceramics in the Greek Early Classical Period

  • Red-figure painting continued to flourish during the Early, High, and Late Classical periods.
  • Their main characteristic is that they maintained features of black-figure vase painting in the red-figure technique.
  • Athenian red-figure calyx krater. c. 450 BCE.
  • Athenian red figure calyx krater. c. 450 BCE.
  • Attic red-figure bell krater. c. 500-490 BCE.

• Sickle-Cell Disease

  • This crisis is triggered by parvovirus B19, which directly affects erythropoiesis (production of red blood cells) by invading the red cell precursors and multiplying in them and destroying them.
  • The red blood cells break down at a faster rate.
  • This scanning electron micrograph shows red blood cells.
  • Figure A shows normal red blood cells flowing freely in a blood vessel.
  • Figure B shows abnormal, sickled red blood cells blocking blood flow in a blood vessel.

• Vase Painting in the Orientalizing Period

  • During the Orientalizing period in Corinth, human figures were rarely seen on vases.
  • The Corinthians developed the technique of black figure painting during this period.
  • Black figure pottery was carefully constructed and fired three different times to produce the unique red and black colors on each vase.
  • Additionally, red and white pigments could be added for more color or to differentiate details.
  • Unpainted portions of the vase would remain the original red-orange color of the pot.

• Painting in the Early Byzantine Empire

  • They were understood to manifest the unique “presence” of the figure depicted by means of a “likeness” to that figure maintained through carefully maintained canons of representation.
  • Red signifies divine life, while blue is the color of human life.
  • In icons of Jesus and Mary, Jesus wears a red undergarment with a blue outer garment (God as Human), and Mary wears a blue undergarment with a red outer garment (humanity granted divine gifts).
  • Christ, seated in the middle, wears a blue garment over a red one to symbolize his status as God made human.
  • All three figures wear wings to signify their roles as messengers.

• Sculpture of the Qin Dynasty

  • Other terracotta non-military figures were found in other pits, including officials, acrobats, strongmen and musicians.
  • The figures were painted in bright pigments before being placed into the vault, and the original colors of pink, red, green, blue, black, brown, white, and lilac were visible when the pieces were first unearthed.
  • The figures were constructed in several poses, including standing infantry, kneeling archers, and charioteers with horses.
  • Along with the colored lacquer finish, the individual facial features would have given the figures a realistic feel.
  • The terracotta army figures were manufactured in workshops by government laborers and local craftsmen using local materials.

• Mycenaean Ceramics

  • The figures are stocky and lack the sinuous lines of the painted Minoan figures.
  • Instead the figures remain static and upright.
  • A red band wraps around her head with bits of hair underneath.
  • The eyes and eyebrows are outlined in blue, the lips are red, and red circles surrounded by small red dots are on her checks and chin.
  • Mycenaean Phi Figures.

• The Valdivia Culture

  • They were a sedentary, egalitarian people, known for their early use of pottery, and feminine ceramic figures.
  • They generally used the colors red and gray, and polished dark red pottery is characteristic of the Valdivia period.
  • The trademark Valdivia pottery piece is the "Venus" of Valdivia: feminine ceramic figures.
  • A main trading item was the red shell of the thorny oyster, called Spondylus, which were often made into ornaments, and were considered more valuable than gold or silver.

• Tree Diagrams (optional)

  • Three balls are red (R) and 8 balls are blue (B).
  • In fact, we can list each red ball as R1, R2, and R3 and each blue ball as B1, B2, B3, B4, B5, B6, B7, and B8.
  • An urn has 3 red marbles and 8 blue marbles in it.
  • NOTE : If you draw a red on the first draw from the 3 red possibilities, there are 2 red left to draw on the second draw.