Relations between Red-figured and Black-glazed Vases in Athens of the 4th Century B.C.

Aspasia Papanastasiou's thesis presents an illustrated catalogue, arranged by type, of 4th-century Athenian red-figured and black-glazed vessels in museum collections across Europe. The author focuses on a sample of vessels which were of the same shape but executed with both types of decoration. Papanastasious' aims are to determine how contemporary these two decorative styles were, whether the same workshops and artists worked on both, and the nature of their relationship with metal vessels.