Robin Osborne is Professor of Ancient History at University of Cambridge and a Fellow of King's College. His book ‘The Greek City Redrawn: the Transformation of Athenian Painted Pottery c. 520–440 BC’ will be published later this year by Princeton University Press

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Red-figure bell krater (c. 500–490 BC), Greek, Attic, attributed to the Berlin Painter. Musée du Louvre, Paris; © RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre)/Stéphane Maréchalle

Striking attitudes on the sides of ancient Greek vases

What does the style and subjects of the artist known as the ‘Berlin Painter’ tell us about vase-painting in 5th-century Athens?

25 Feb 2017

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