well the vase is made out of red clay and for the red vase you don't need to colour the background all you need to do is just draw the characters. but with the black vase you need to make the background black and leave the characters.
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Red Figure is put simply the reverse of black Figure Pottery. Hope This Helps. Info - Off Wikipedia
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Black figure pottery was the style of pottery in which figures were painted in silhouette. Red figure pottery became popular after black figure pottery. In red figure pottery red paint is used on a black background.
The black figure technique
Medusa was a mythical figure and never actually lived.
Greek art is most noted for influencing our representation of the human figure. The Greeks analyzed the anatomy of their male "hero" figures, teaching us how to portray muscles, bones, natural stance and athletic poses both in sculpture and 2 demensional art. Though art has evolved much since the Greeks, each artist must learn the basics of representation before they can take their art in a more modern direction. Great artists such as Pablo Picasso perfected their realistic (Greek inspired) techniques before they diverted to their own style.