Ceramic Vessels From Different Cultures

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Ceramic vessels from different cultures.

Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures and discuss their meanings functions and original contexts. Cultures especially noted for ceramics include the chinese cretan greek persian mayan japanese and korean cultures as well as the modern western cultures. Ancient persian art from 3500 bce. Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component.

This is the first lesson in a sequential unit. Elite pottery usually in the form of straight sided beakers called vases used for drinking chocolate was placed in burials giving a number of survivals in good condition. Ceramics are used for utilitarian cooking vessels serving and storage vessels pipes funerary urns censers musical instruments ceremonial items masks toys sculptures and a myriad of other art forms. In bhutan the variety in ceramic production includes unfired sculpture traditional unglazed pots and modern pottery.

All three have a focus on religious and cultural themes and values unique to the country. Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the pre columbian maya culture of mesoamerica. Vessels for the elite could be painted with very detailed scenes while utilitarian vessels were undecorated or much simpler. They included highly polished bowls of red pottery with black dots spirals and flowing lines.

They develop criteria for value and meaning of these objects and create a timeline to situate the objects in history. The vessels used different colors sizes and had varied purposes. There is evidence that pottery was independently invented in several regions of the world including east asia sub saharan africa the near east and the americas. Individual examples include the princeton va.

Chinese late neolithic ceramics feature a variety of delicate burnished ceremonial vessels illustrating the painted pottery culture of the period. Native american pottery is an art form with at least a 7500 year history in the americas.