red-figure

or red-fig·ured

[ red-fig-yer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece in the latter part of the 6th and the 5th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by figurative representations in red against a black-slip background, details painted in the design, and the introduction of three-dimensional illusion in the rendering of form and space.

First recorded in 1890–95

The delusion of the red figure with the knife had passed for a moment, and the king's eyes were closed.

On the second board the seven beads are arranged in rows of four, corresponding to the number indicated by the red figure.

The red figure was making up the trail to the foot-bridge that led to the Indian houses, and both officers fired.

I saw something out of the tail of my eye,—a red figure,—and turned sharply.

He scanned the thinning crowd on the pond sharply—no little red figure was to be seen.

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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