Kleitias
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Kleitias (Greek: Κλειτίας, variously transliterated Cleitias, Klitias, Clitias) was an Athenian vase painter of the black figure style who flourished c. 580–550 BCE. He is known from five vases, two cups, and a number of cup fragments. In all but one of these cases (one of the vases), Kleitias' signature appears as the painter, and Ergotimos as the potter. A variety of other fragments have been attributed to him on a stylistic basis.
Kleitias' most celebrated work today is the François Vase (c. 570 BCE), which bears over two hundred figures in its six friezes.
| Pottery of ancient Greece | ||
|---|---|---|
| Wine Shapes | Krater • Kylix • Oinochoe • Skyphos • Psykter • Kyathos • Rhyton • Kantharos | |
| Perfume Shapes and Wedding Shapes | Lebes Gamikos • Loutrophoros • Epinetron • Alabastron • Aryballos • Lekythos | |
| Funerary Shapes and Cultic Shapes | Lekythos • Loutrophoros • Phiale | |
| Storage Shapes | Amphora • Hydria • Lebes • Pithos • Stamnos • Pyxis | |
| Techniques | Red-figure • Black-figure • Bilingual pottery • Six's technique • White ground | |
| Painters | List of Greek Vase Painters• Amasis Painter • Exekias • Pioneer Group • Douris | |
| Special Topics in Greek Pottery | Typology • Kalos inscription • Symposium • Kerameikon • Corpus vasorum antiquorum • John Beazley • Panathenaic Amphorae | |
