Leather Cuirass

[Giannis K. Hoplite]

Yes...you're probably right,but I wanted to point out that during ALL these centuries there is this "willingness" of "painting" them white.And more so in the first years.The colours that could be used at the time were some shades of yellow-brown,dark red-brown and black.White is relatively rare and used in small quantities.In these two vases the artist spent much of his (I suppose) expensive white to emphasize the colour of the new thorax.
Have you ever thought why would they want to paint the leather white and only white in such majority?Colour IS a point for linen more than leather even if some say that it's art and does not consist valid evidence
Khairete
Giannis