Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher Ceramics Analysis

Native American culture was a great influence on newly introduced western art when settlers first came to North America. Not only did Native Americans have their own style of art, sculpture, basket weaving, and other fine arts. Their artistic styles helped influence some European art and gave them a different outlook on not only art itself, but a brand new culture that they have not seen before. This paper will talk about the different styles of Native American art and compare it to European art styles and artist, as well as going into detail about how their culture influenced artistic styles.

Artists use their artworks to communicate different meanings and transfer specific messages to the audience. Their artworks can be presented in different forms like architecture, drawing, painting, sculpture, pottery and many other forms. Each artwork contains a specific meaning which is usually based on the artist 's beliefs, culture, identity and the nature surrounding us. Rona Rubuntja from the Hermannsburg Potters, Bronwyn Oliver, Christo and Jeanne Claude each presented their art in different forms but they all communicate meanings and ideas to the audience. Rona Rubuntja who is a senior member of the Hermannsburg Potters and her famous pottery work ‘I 'm Black’ for the exhibition ‘Our Land is Alive’ at the National Gallery of

Art History is the study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts. The history of art, we feel, can sometimes be confused with art criticism. However, Art History is concerned with finding the value of the artistic piece in respect with others in the same category of art or movement, and art criticism is more of an evaluation of art. The art examined best represents the culture during the time period, visions the artist imagined, and history behind an event. It also represents society in a specific area, beliefs the people may have, writing that tells a story, the natural world and environment, conflict between people and areas, and the human body. With these representations, artwork overall represents the life in which we live (d). Each piece has its own genre, design, format and style to it. This makes each piece extremely different, yet pleasing to the eye. They also vary between paintings, sculptures and architecture. These different types also make a variety of artwork to be seen by all people. The art pieces that I chose, Jar, Bottle and Glass by Juan Gris, The Persistence of Memory by Salvador Dalí, and Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh, seemed interesting to me and I believe to best represent the context in which they were created, along with the major artistic movements of the time. I went on to research them more thoroughly to better understand the history behind them,

The traditional aboriginal art depicts places, events and dreaming ancestors, also incorporating actual events, whereas the temporary was only for initiation ceremonies and funerals. The aboriginal art opens up ways of communicating the close relationship between the ancestral beings and the laws, views, values, ceremonies and obligations of the people. They enable understanding and knowledge within a community and also partcially the outside world.

This emphasis illuminates how weighty perspective is when determining perceived masterpieces across cultures. She does so by tactfully offering Cameron’s comparison of the Lega’s material distinctions with European (p. 24). Hypothetically, a nation located in a place devoid of rocks may find a lump of coal to be the most artistically valued piece in the community while foreign appraisers may overlook, or even overestimate, its importance. Had history been different, so would

Kitson was born in Sydney in 1987 and attended the National Art School, Sydney. From there she was offered a artist residency in China which further developed her curiosity in the art of ceramic making and is now where she practices her art making; half her time is spent in Jingdezhen learning

The artwork is one of the main ways to express the culture of a region or a country. Therefore, art has played a very important role throughout history. When talking about art, the first thing that comes to most people’s minds is probably that art is a painting or it is a sculpture. However, art has many forms of expression, and it closely connects to human’s daily life. Besides paintings and sculptures, art is everywhere around us. I am always interested in how people have linked art with daily life throughout history. For this reason, the two pieces of artwork I chose from my visit to the Museum of Fine Arts are both objects that can be used in everyday life: one is the mixing bowl and the other is an incense burner. Though they are from different cultures, have different making processes, and have a different purpose in usage, they both are good examples to show how artists tried to apply art using different techniques to human’s daily life.

Ceramics have been used for thousands of years and have been used in a multitude of different application. In the past 70 years ceramics have started to be used in the medical field1. Ceramics can be categorized by its bio-safety and bioactivity. Bio-safe materials are non-toxic and non-inflammatory as to avoid rejection from the body. Where the bioactivity is how it reacts to biological material and processes. Typically ceramics have been used in surgical replacements such as bones and teeth. These ceramics must be designed and optimized in order to perform in the body’s aggressive internal environment. Newer ceramics are being researched in order to improve structure, functionality, and life expectancy. Some ceramics like calcium phosphate ceramics increase the bioactivity by stimulating bone growth2. Some are designed to incorporate drugs that can be release by external stimuli or by time releasing mechanisms. These bioceramic drug delivery systems are being researched, as well as nano scale ceramics. Current research is not only looking at new and improved bioceramics but is also looking into using ceramics for use in cancer treatments. The use of ceramics in hyperthermia therapy is one of the methods currently being looking into3. The ceramic that is used in have magnetic materials incorporated into the ceramic this allows for external magnetic forces to heat up the ceramic which cause an increase of heat at the site of implantation. This can causes

Art defines us for who we are and it is our job to preserve our culture. Virgil Ortiz is a renowned ceramicist, fashion designer, graphics artist from Cochiti Pueblo, New Mexico. He's an artist who uses contemporary ideals to blend historical events with futuristic aspects of his imagination. Ortiz strives for cultural awareness to inform the whole world that Cochiti art is still alive and thriving. Inspired by the Pueblo Revolt, Ortiz constructs clay figurines made from native clay and paints. He expresses intentions of conserving his ancestral traditions and techniques that were once suppressed by foreign settlers. Moving towards preserving a dying culture and letting the whole world know that Cochiti pottery will continue to flourish in

When I attend the Oklahoma Art Museum this morning, I was completely blown away by the different styles, technique, and artistic abilities that artist have. Art can come in many forms and can involve many different things. From paintings, sculptures, and abstract pieces of the modern world. Along with my visit, I got to experience a new collection of blown glass that was absolute remarkable. As I walked though the museum, it was as I walked though time and got to see how each period’s art changed throughout time. From the different shades of color to the different types of technique that filled the halls of the Oklahoma City Art Museum, each piece was genuine in its own way. I was starstruck as I witnessed Lowell Nesbitt’s Parrot Tulip, Richard Diebenkorn’s Albuquerque, and Dale Chihuly’s blown glass.

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Using the common, yet intimate object of the ceramic tea bowl as a stand-in for the body, traces of beautiful imperfections such as the distortion through firing, frozen moments as seen in the throwing marks, and fragmented experiences such as the cracks that have been repaired are revealed. How does displaying a large collection of tea bowls differ from using just one? Does this evoke a sense of community or the diversity of experience? The work in Potential of Imperfections by Melissa Cunningham begs to answer these questions through connections to history, present forms in the processes, and contemporary art and thought surrounding this installation as well as her body of work.

It was a rainy day in LA. I have been praying to not have rain while I am in LA but unfortunately, at the point of where I almost got rid of the cold, it has rained at last. However, I had a good experience/visit along rain. Although I am a fashion student, I am interested in ceramics because I had worked and made a lot of ceramics since my cousin sister got her degree in ceramics. When I was about 6 years old that I first made my own pots. Because I love making things with clay and familiar with ceramics, Peter Shire’s art works were really interesting to me that those are unusual, unique, different from the tradition mold of the cups, kettles, etc.

Considered one of the first artists to explore the possibilities of ceramics being an independent visual medium, Toshiko Takaezu “revitalized her field with abstract shapes, painterly glazes, and lyrical installations” (Ruud 20). Takaezu was a Japanese-American ceramist who took her knowledge from her schooling and a visit to Japan to create beautiful forms of art. According to William Grimes’ article “Toshiko Takaezu, Ceramic Artist, Dies at 88,” Takaezu is best known for her “closed pots and torpedo-like cylinders, derived from natural forms” in which “helped to elevate ceramics from the production of functional vessels to fine art” (Grimes). Takaezu’s works of art included using techniques such as closing off the top of her vessels, allowing for her to have a clay canvas for glazing of all kinds, as well as utilizing an ancient tradition of anagame, or tunnel-kiln firing, that produced “accidents” such as ash deposits and scars from surrounding pots, and as a final point was strongly influenced by her study of Zen Buddhism and using her ceramic work as an outgrowth of nature.

Throughout the vast history of art, historians can find connections throughout the centuries. Artists from the beginning of humankind have been inspired by the world around them. From the Apollo 11 stones to present day, history and culture have provided inspiration and have been the focus of various pieces. Examining artwork from the 15th-18th century, viewers can be shown a whole world that would be unknown to us without these artist’s contributions. History, religion, and cultural events have sculpted the art world, and we can observe this through many pieces during the 15th-18th centuries.