Ancient Greek Paintings

Ancient Greek painting survives on pottery and walls, with further evidence for pictures on wooden panels. Vase painters depicted gods, heroes, ceremonies, athletics, and household life. Black-figure painters cut details into clay slip that turned dark in the kiln; red-figure painters left figures in the clay color and added details with a brush. Changes in the kiln's air supply produced the contrast between dark decoration and reddish clay on vessels made for drinking, wine, or water.