Launch Pad: Ancient Greek Vase Production and the Black Figure Technique

Used for the storage and shipment of grains, wine, and other goods, as well as in the allmale Greek drinking party, known as the symposium, ancient Greek vases were decorated with a variety of subjects ranging from scenes of everyday life to the tales of heroes and gods. The two most popular techniques of vase decoration were the blackfigure technique, sonamed because the figures were painted black, and the redfigure technique, in which the figures were left the red color of the clay. The blackfigure t