What are the ancient painting styles?

Ancient painting (7th century BC-6th century BC)

The period when Achilles and Ajax played dice in Greece was the formative period of plastic arts. His main painting achievement is pottery bottle painting.

There are three styles of bottle painting in this issue, namely oriental style, black painting style and red painting style.

From the 7th century BC to the early 6th century BC, oriental style bottle painting was very popular. Its main feature is that the decorative patterns of paintings are mainly animal and plant patterns, and sometimes the favorite patterns of eastern countries are directly adopted, such as the lotus pattern in Egypt and the monsters that often appear in the art of the two rivers, which enhances the decorative interest of the patterns.

Black painting style bottle painting was popular from the beginning of the 6th century BC to the 5th century BC. This refers to the artistic style of depicting images on the clay tires of red or brown pottery with a special black pigment. This style of bottle painting mostly shows plot scenes, with mythical themes and daily life as the mainstay. His famous masterpiece is Achilles and Ajax Playing Dice. Achilles and Ajax, two heroes in the Trojan War, rolled dice between battles. The bending action of the two people is completely consistent with the curve of modeling, which makes the composition of the picture and the modeling of the device reach a high degree of harmony.

Red painted bottle painting was popular from the end of 6th century BC to the end of 4th century BC, which was just the opposite of black painting style. The patterns of people, animals and plants painted on pottery are red, while the background is black.

Achilles and Ajax play dice.