I took this picture in the Archaeological Museum of Agrigento, in Sicily, of a detail of a Greek vase where a warrior is killed. That’s his soul escaping in the upper left. The painter of this vase made a nice echo in the composition, making the little soul figure in ‘red’ figure (never sure why they always say that; it’s clearly orange) and the warrior on the shield in black figure. They’re almost mirrors of each other. Ancient Greek vases began with black figures on an orange (terra cotta) background, then later vases were ‘red’ figures on a black background. Some transitional vases were ‘bilingual’ with both techniques. So many Mediterranean museums are filled with them, but the museum in Agrigento has a few real masterpieces.