Ceramic Vessels From Different Cultures

Ancient persian art from 3500 bce.

Ceramic vessels from different cultures.

Students view ceramic vessels from different time periods and cultures and discuss their meanings functions and original contexts. Chinese late neolithic ceramics feature a variety of delicate burnished ceremonial vessels illustrating the painted pottery culture of the period. For a comparison see also. Native american pottery is an art form with at least a 7500 year history in the americas.

Students will be able to. Vessels for the elite could be painted with very detailed scenes while utilitarian vessels were undecorated or much simpler. 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. This is the first lesson in a sequential unit.

Individual examples include the princeton va. 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. 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. They included highly polished bowls of red pottery with black dots spirals and flowing lines.

Maya ceramics are ceramics produced in the pre columbian maya culture of mesoamerica. Pottery is fired ceramics with clay as a component. They develop criteria for value and meaning of these objects and create a timeline to situate the objects in history. All three have a focus on religious and cultural themes and values unique to the country.

Due to their resilience ceramics have been key to learning more about pre columbian indigenous cultures. Cultures especially noted for ceramics include the chinese cretan greek persian mayan japanese and korean cultures as well as the modern western cultures.