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[Agora Publication] Agora XXX: Attic Red-Figured and White-Ground Pottery

Moore, M. B ... American School of Classical Studies at Athens ... This volume presents the inventoried red-figure and white-ground pottery found in the Agora Excavations between 1931 and 1967. Although many of these vases have already been published in various reports ... 1997 ... The two introductory sections serve as a useful overview for the entire state of knowledge of Attic red-figure painting. The first gives a brief description of each vase shape and its development, and then shows how the Agora pieces fit into this sequence; the second follows this same format for groups of painters. ... Inscriptions, graffiti, and dipinti are included, as well as reconstruction drawings of some of the more important or unusual scenes.