How Did Peisistratus Solidify His Power

Another example of Peisistratus’ major work projects that helped solidify his power was his influence on the influx of mythological scenes that depicted Herakles on vase painting and other major works. One example of this is the Andokides Painter vase. During the time of the creation of the Andokides vase, Peisistratos was in his final years of being the tyrant of Athens. Throughout his tyranny, Peisistratos used diplomacy with his fellow aristocrats and established support policies for the poor to ensure that he was able to maintain his power. The establishment of support polices for the poor included building projects on the Acropolis that implemented employment for the poor. Not only would these building programs become an effective political maneuver, but they would also become one of his lasting achievements. His other lasting achievements, that were also effective political maneuvers
However, due to the lack of other signatures, the red figure decoration is also attributed to Andokides. He was active from 530BC to 515BC and preferred the Type A Amphora. The majority of subjects that were painted on his vases were mythological scenes. The figures depicted within those scene were often fashioned in elaborated and decorative garments. When the red figure technique began to appear on vases in Attica around 530BC, one of the first appearances of it was on a Andokides Vase. Although he was one of the pioneers of the red figure technique, a considerable number of his vases often incorporate both black figure decoration and red figure decoration. In some cases, it is in the typical form of a bilingual vase where one side is decorated in black figure and the other in red figure or it is in another form of a bilingual vase where the body of the vase is decorated in red figure while small portions of the vase are decorated in black