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Title: Ceramics


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Ceramics
  • moisture, plastic and heat.
  • Wedge
  • Water, turns to steam
  • Everything you will do with clay involves the
    interplay of these three variables
  • What do you do to prevent stress cracks?
  • Why did I spends much time on the mystical aspect
    of ceramics

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Narrative Vessel
Narrative art tells a story, and the Ancient
Greeks were the first to paint on clay pots as a
way of telling stories. They painted action
scenes featuring the human figure as early as the
Bronze Age (around 2900-2000 BC). Art that
represents a form or the human form is called
figurative. During the Greek classical period,
figurative images reached a high point. Ceramic
artists painted elegant pots with monsters,
heroes, and mythological figures. In early
classical narratives (700 BC), black figures were
crafted on the pots natural red clay background.
Lines showing facial features or clothing were
incised (carved into the clay). Later vessels
(500 BC) featured the red figure style the
background is painted black and the figures
remains red. Artists began to paint lines and
details freehand with a brush. Until this time
Potters had been anonymous. Now the potters who
shaped the vessels and the painters who added the
details typically signed their ceramic vessels.
  • Narrative art tells a story
  • Ancient Greeks were the master at narrative
    vessels
  • Figurative art that represents the human form
  • Incised small lines that are carved into the
    surface of something
  • Sgraffito- A decorative technique where a layer
    of slip applied to a clay body is scratched
    through to reveal the clay color

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Narrative on ClayA Global Interest
Time line
  • 2900 2000 BC 700BC 500BC
  • The Bronze Age Greek Black Figure Style
    Vessels Greek Red Figure Style Vessels

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Narrative on ClayA Global Interest
  • Narrative art also flourished in the ancient
    Americas. About 500 years after the Ancient
    Greeks first developed the black figure
    technique, the Moche, a people on Peru North
    coast, were chronicling their beliefs and history
    on intricately painted pots. The Moche, who
    flourished from 50 AD to 800AD, had no writing
    system, but scholars compare their ceramics to a
    library, because the Moche recorded so much on
    their pots. Moche artists applied fine lines to
    the pot, a technique know as slip painting.
  • Moche people from 50-800 AD were also creating
    narrative vessels which today chronicle their
    society

50 AD
Moche begin producing pottery Myans first begin
producing pottery
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Narrative on ClayA Global Interest
  • North of the Moche people, the Maya in the
    region now occupied by Belise, Guatemala, and
    Mexicos Yucatan province- created another great
    civilization. The Mayan classical period 250 AD
    - 850 AD) was marked by multicolored painted
    ceramics that detailed religious themes, rituals,
    and history. Mayan artists used basic shapes and
    relied heavily on lines as an expressive feature.
    Like the Moche and the Greeks the Mayan used
    Slip painting to create their designs, which were
    fired at low temperature. Artists personalized
    the pots with their names, the names of their
    patrons (customers) and sometimes the name of the
    town where the vessel was created.

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Narrative on ClayA Global Interest
  • Radial design a design that wraps around the
    circumference of a vessel
  • Artists in all three cultures Greek, Moche, Mayan
    mastered the difficult art of painting a
    narrative scene on the outside of a round pot.
    Wrapping a composition around a pot requires
    careful planning because you can only see and
    work on a small portion of the pots surface at a
    time.
  • All three cultures also used the same
    composition. The narrative is in the center and
    decorative elements are above and below it

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Narrative Vessel
  • Three elements of Classical Style
  • Figure
  • Radial line design
  • Writing
  • Some type of story is being told on the vessel.
  • You will tell a story in a slip painted format
    similar to that of the classical narrative. In
    ceramics, classical style uses figurative imagery
    to tell a story. The artist uses line drawings
    for a wraparound design and also writes on the
    piece.
  • The ceramic arts of the Greek, Moche and Mayan
    classical periods decorated their vessels with
    narrative (story telling) themes that often
    featured heroes or mythical creatures. Pots were
    also used to record special events such as
    weddings, funerals, festivals, and battles.
    Often these classical works were high status
    serving vessels used for rituals or awarded as
    gifts. They signified political power or social
    prestige.

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Before you begin
  • Classical style uses SYMBOLS to tell a story
  • The artist uses line drawings for RADIAL (wrap
    around) design and may also write on the vessel
  • Consider the narrative form as it is exists
    today. What artistic devices do we use to
    visually ell our stories.
  • Think about the story you would like to tell.
    This could be inspired by comic books, urban
    legend, a story passed down through your family,
    or culture (fairy tales) or something inspired by
    your own imagination (a story you have written)
  • Develop a narrative design that dramatizes your
    story
  • Sketch the story in sequence.
  • Use the human figure in your narrative. Your
    figures can be realistic, cartoonish or stylized.
  • In your design, include at least two decorative
    elements that follow the classical style line
    patterns, face and body (in profile) writing or
    symbols
  • Detail line can be incised of slip painted
  • Your Line Patterns, Symbol designs and figures
    and writing must be in at least three radial
    bands.

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