Paintings from the classical era were

commonly found in vases, panels, and

tomb. It depicts natural figures with
dynamic compositions.
Most of the subjects were battle scenes,
mythological figures, and everyday scenes.
Reveals a grasp of linear perspective and
naturalist representation .
MYTHOLOGICAL BATTLE SCENE
 FRESCO – method of painting water-based
pigments on a freshly applied plaster usually on
wall surfaces. The colors are made with grind
powder pigments in pure water, dried and set with
plaster to become a permanent part of the wall.
This method is ideal for murals, durable and has
matte style.
Plaster is manufactured as a dry powder and is
mixed with water to form a paste when used.
FRESCO
 ENCAUSTIC - a method used by Greek
ship builders, who used hot wax to fill the
cracks of the ship. Pigments ( colors )
were added and used to paint a wax hull.
 .

ENCAUSTIC
KERCH STYLE – also referred to as Kerch Vases
are red-figured pottery named after the place
where these were found:

COMMON SHAPES
Pelike ( wine container)
Lekanis ( a low bowl with horizontal handles
and a low broad foot).
Lebes ( with high handles and lid used to carry
bridal bath)
Krater ( bowl used for mixing wine and water)
PELIKE LEBES GAMIKOS

KRATER
LEKANIS
There are paintings on a f lat panels of wood. The
panels can be either a small, single piece or
several panels joined together.
Most of the panel paintings no longer exist
because of its organic composition.
Tomb or wall painting was very popular during
he classical period. It uses the method frescos
either TEMPERA ( water-based) or ENCAUSTIC (
wax ). It has a sharp, f latly outlined style of
painting because it used water-based materials,
very few samples survived.
 PITSA PANEL

TOMB OF THE DIVER

 an oil painting by Peter Paul Rubens, a Flemish
Baroque artist from Antwerp.
 In Rubens's interpretation, the enormous eagle's beak
rips open Prometheus's torso, exposing bloody
entrails.The eagle's talons gouge into Prometheus's
right eye, while his left eye is focused on the predator,
indicating that he is aware of his torture. Agony is
conveyed in his clenched fists, writhing legs, and
tousled hair
• is an 1826 oil painting by French painter Eugène
Delacroix.
• Greece is depicted as a kneeling woman who
occupies the major part of the painting.

• The painting borrows elements from

Christianity.
Mural in the Tomb of the Diver

• Greek mural painting was adopted by

the Etruscans of central Italy, who
used it to decorate the walls of their
own rock-cut tombs.

• was found by Mario Napoli in June of

1968, near the city of Paestum located
in Magna Graecia.
 The Abduction of
Proserpine
• Artist/Maker:
• Alessandro Allori
• Pluto, god of the
Underworld, seizes
Proserpine, daughter of
Roman goddess of
agriculture and fertility,
Ceres, and prepares to
return with her to his
kingdom on a chariot
drawn by black horses
• According to Ovid's
Metamorphoses,
Proserpine was forced to
live in the underworld for
four months of every year;