Inside a Greek Red-Figure Vase

“A panoramic scene rendered in the style of an Attic red-figure vase painting unfolded into a flat panorama, in glossy black slip on terracotta-red clay with no other color. Foreground shows two warriors in crested helmets locked in combat, spears crossing, shields decorated with Gorgon faces. Midground reveals reclining symposiasts with kraters and lyres, a flute girl playing beside them. Background shows running palmette and meander friezes, the rust-red ceramic ground stretching all the way around.”