Detail
A second diagnostic of Exekias is that he fills the silhouettes of his figures with a large amount carefully incised lines paying intensive attention to details, especially in the clothes and armor of the characters. A very good example for this is the Amphora Type A in the Vatican (see above). Achilleus and Ajax are both wearing richly ornamented cloaks, on which almost every ornament is clearly visible and identifiable despite their small scale.
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