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| Description: HERAKLES DRIVING A BULL TO SACRIFICE c. 525-520 BCE. Red-figure decoration on an amphora. Ceramic, height of amphora 20 15/16" (53.2 cm). Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Henry Lillie Pierce Fund (99.538). Black-figure technique Slip was used to silhouette shapes of figures against unpainted clay. Details were incised using a sharp tool. Red-figure technique Painters covered the pot with slip but reserved space for figures. Instead of engraving details, painters drew using liquid slip. Picture Stats: Views: 177 Filesize: 71.2kB Height: 402 Width: 648 Source: https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=35453 |