Euboean vase painting

Euboean vase painting was a regional style of

vase painting, prevalent on the island of Euboea

The

Attic pottery

is notable.

The

Orientalising style to become established. Once it had done so, floral and other ornaments were very popular. Some experimentation took place with added colours (red and white) and with figural motifs (animals and humans). The influences were more evidently Attic and East Greek than from the true centre of the orientalising style, Corinth

.

black-figure amphora, circa 560–550 BC. Paris: Louvre

.

Euboean

Chalkis

. For some black-figure styles, the origin is disputed. Thus, Chalkidian vase painting was initially considered Euboean, but is now usually assumed to be from Italy.

Bibliography

ISBN 0-500-20309-1

ISBN 3-8062-1743-2
.

Gerald Schaus: Geometrische Vasenmalerei. In:

Der Neue Pauly

, vol 4, cols 935-938.

Johannes Schwind: Orientalisierende Vasenmalerei. In: Der Neue Pauly, vol 9, cols 23-26.

Matthias Steinhart: Schwarzfigurige Vasenmalerei II. Ausserattisch. In: Der Neue Pauly, vol 11, cols 276-281.