Download or read book Red-Figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vol. 1 and 2 written by Gisela M. A. Richter and published by Metropolitan Museum of Art. This book was released on 1936-01-01 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Red-Figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art is a descriptive catalogue of the more important red-figured Athenian vases in The Metropolitan Museum of Art's collection. This book is written to serve as a general handbook on red-figured vases. 173 vases are featured and arranged chronologically with special emphasis placed on the styles of the various painters. Descriptive texts preceed each time period while drawings and photographs elucidate the vases decoration.