#black figure

[victoriantomodern]

Early Corinthian Period round aryballos, c. 625-600 BCE, attributed to the Lion Group, Princeton University Art Museum.

[monumentgalleryla]

Attic Black-Figure Lekythos by the Athena Painter

Origin: GreeceCirca: 490 - 480 BC Dimensions: 11.125" Height x 4" in diameter (28.3 cm x 10.2 cm) Medium: Terracotta

[arttsuka]

[wolfaskrankenhaus]

My new addiction is drawing SW characters in Ancient Greek artistic styles....This is based on a depiction of Jason and Peleus.

Also, Maul's helmet is a combination of a Greek and Samnite helmet.

[cloudsjulett]

[skf-fineart]

Panathenaic Prize Amphora with Lid, 363–362 B.C.

35 1/4 in.

The Panathenaia, a state religious festival, honored Athena, the patron goddess of Athens. Held in its expanded form every four years, the festival included athletic, musical, and other competitions. Amphorae filled with oil pressed from olives from the sacred trees of Athena were given as prizes in the Panathenaic Games. These amphorae had a special form with narrow neck and foot and a standard fashion of decoration. One side showed Athena, the goddess of war, armed and striding forth between columns, and included the inscription "from the games at Athens." The other side showed the event for which the vase was a prize. 

[cottonkhaleesi]

Knitblr people, it’s poll time!

I’m going on holiday on the 19th (suddenly, because my youngest sister has flipped her life around and will no longer be on a container ship the other side of the world for 9 months between now and the following October but that’s another story)

So in the usual “what craft can I do on holiday?” I’m pretty set on making myself another pair of socks so I can wear them and remember fondly sunset beaches and potential palaces of myth (we’re heading to Kephalonia, I WILL be going to The School of Homer even if I have to take the foot ferry)

Above are the yarns I’ve selected hoping to emulate red or black figure pottery with whichever I go for, below are the options with pictures and justifications under the cut.

Which pair of socks should I make on the beach on a Greek island?

Greek Column socks by Sweet Knit Designs

Ionic Column socks by CMD Designs

Attempt to come up with your own pattern you coward!

Voting ended onJun 12, 2025

Greek Column Socks Pros: At least two types of greek motif plus the flute of columns. Love that! Cons: It requires me to do math to get the right fit All the stockinette on the foot will make me die a boredom death (my least favourite part of sock knitting)

Ionic Columns Pros: Also two motifs, (the motifs were one of my favourite parts of studying Classics, can you tell?) New type of heel to try (fleegle) I will probably be fully absorbed in doing this Cons: New type of heel I will not get more than one sock done in a week Not the kind of a pattern you can lose focus with, or have to put away in a hurry

Potential own pattern mood board Pros: I want red figure and black figure pots on some socks this way I can do that. Cons: I have to come up with the pattern I'd have to do a gauge swatch and even that wouldn't mean I don't potentially fuck up I have also never before made my own pattern for socks.

[thepaintedlionsossuary]

Ancient Corinthian Fox and Prey

A scene of a fox with prey rabbits painted in the style of ancient Corinthian pottery (600-500 BCE) on a full fox skull. Done in textured acrylic paint with matte vanish.