Historic ceramics

One of the best ways to improve your ceramic building skills and develop a discerning eye is to copy the masters. Try your hand at any of the pots.

The technical perfection of ancient Greek pottery shows us that the handmade earthenware pieces they crafted required an unusual kind of concentration and deft hands to be able to fashion such perfect works of ceramic/pottery art.

The increased production of female figurines and phallic images of stone, as well as the practice of burying the deceased in shell mounds, suggest a rise in ritual practices.

Pottery in Archaeology - For archaeologists, pottery can be both exciting and mundane. On the one hand, a particular piece of pottery might be...

“Two states rise to power, Tiwanaku in the Bolivian altiplano (high plateau) and Wari in the south-central Andes. Tiwanaku, which may have been inhabited as early as 800 B.C., expands south to Bolivia, northern Chile, and adjacent Peru. Wari extends primarily to Peru’s central and southern coasts. Joined by roads and trade connections, networks of cities and smaller settlements are established in outlying areas. Striking similarities exist among the artworks of the two centers; however…

Period: Middle Chalcolithic. Date: ca. 5600–5400 B.C.. Geography: Southwestern Anatolia. Culture: Hacilar. Medium: Ceramic, paint. Dimensions: 6.1 in. (15...

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Painted pottery pitcher. Near Eastern. Anatolian, Phrygian. Late Phrygian Period. 699–600 B.C. | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston