In the East Iranian World apiece titled Bronze ewer inlaid with silver (Inv. No. LNS 118M), also called Khorassan Silver Inlaid Bronze Jug, was made in March – April 1205. The ewer is about 9¼ in. (23.1cm.) high. The ewer has a pattern of raised bands on it cylinder shaped body on top of its round base with grooves in it. It has a flat cylinder neck that is connected to a plain band at the very top. It has a simple loop handle that starts at the top of the ewer to the middle. Like the title says the ewer is bronze inlaid with silver. Areas of the ewer are slightly corroded with green. On the bands on the ewer is engraved the signs of the zodiac. It has a curved band of naskh below and a band of kufic above, the shoulder of the ewer is a on …show more content…
, w'al-kirama , w'al-sala , ma w'al-d , a'im w'al-daw[la] , al-kamila , w'al-sa'a , da w'al-m , w'al-shukr which means; With good fortune, blessing, ......, generosity, well-being, perpetuity, glory, compelte wealth, happiness and gratitude. The naskh below that reads al-'izz w'al-i, qbal w'al-da , wala w'a , l-qana'a w'a , l-riyada w'al-sa'a,daw'al-sala , ma w'al-daw[la] , w'al-shafa'a w'al-r[aha] which means; Glory, prosperity, wealth, contentment, self-denial, happiness, well-being, turn of fortune, intercession and ease (Christie's, 1-2). They believed the ewer was probably made for a local governor or Amir, because, together with the customary good wishes to the Amir, a titles interruption denotes that the owner, al-Jayshi ibn Muhammad, was favored and trusted by kings and sultans. First looking at the ewer you can see the ewer is very old, whereas most of the bronze has turned a greenish color. Looking at the ewer you get drawn into all the writing and the pictures of the zodiac signs that surround it. The ewer looks more like a symbolization of something, like it has some type of meaning to it. As I look at the zodiac signs surrounding the ewer a viewer wonders what are they suppose to mean. I know zodiac has do the heavens, sun, and the moon. So I figured it have to be a gift to wish good luck or good wishes. The viewpoint of the ewer in the museum is a good viewpoint; you can see the front, side and top. You cannot see the back, but
In the illustration, is a Queen, symbolising success and all of the glory that was promised to come with it. The theme of promised success and the associated rewards that come as a result is continued in the picture of the map - which appears to be from a time of discovery and conquest of new lands. The various scientific diagrams are there in order to make the point that there will be an answer to all of our questions if we work hard, further emphasising the idea of effort leading to the much deserved and promised success.
are similar in look and appearance to the bronze weapons of 1184 BC. This was also the
Pottery can not only tell us about the past, but it can also tell us about people’s beliefs and what people did in the past. Pottery was used for many purposes. It was made in many different shapes and sizes. Some pieces of pottery had unique pictures and designs on them. The pictures and designs expressed different types of things that went on in the daily lives of ancient Greeks. Music and entertainment, religious beliefs, death and burial traditions are a few aspects of Greek life that are pictured on many different types of ancient Greek pottery.
Below are pictures of the symbol that I found on the stone and the syllabics letters they form.
I had an experience that each represents the symbol towards the Allegory of the Cave. My childhood was mostly in Jamaica where I lived with my father for two to three years. I can relate to the symbols from the "Allegory of the Cave".
The spherical form is decorated with engraved with stylistic depictions of animals in the legends originating from the tribes who where from the area she spent her formative years. Although “Eran” is made of metal, Dr. Thancoupie Gloria Fletcher has created many similar spheres out of ceramics. One such ceramic sphere is called “Moocheth, the Ibis Arough, the Emu Golpondon, the Ibis’s son”. These pieces make use of the beautiful, symmetrical, spherical form, which is an important symbol in Aboriginal culture, as it represents the Earth, fire, motherhood and unity. The spheres are decorated with engravings of animals. It also appears that she has applied some kind of glaze of oxide to the piece, and then washed it back, leaving darker lines in the engravings. Her artworks are powerful as they convey the narratives of her ancestors using stylistic designs and images, often depicting Australian
The Chavin civilization built this sculpture around 900-200 BCE. The Chavin civilization was known to mix human with feline features in their sculptures. The sculpture has a handle and spout almost like a teapot and has a feline creature on towards the bottom of it. The sculpture is an art piece that the Chavin civilization would have kept in their temples.
After weeks of working I made a total of three pottery pieces, the one that I spent most time on is a clay pot that was made to look like an ancient greece piece of art. They used as grave markers and many other useful things. Back in ancient Greek pottery was divided into four different areas. These areas are for storage and transport vessels, mixing vessels, jugs and cups, vases for oils, perfumes and cosmetics. Many believed that Greek pottery, unlike today's pottery, was only fired once, but that firing had three stages. When firing their art pieces the kiln was heated to around 920-950 °C. They technically decorated their pieces to tell a old story or to represent something, normally people in a darker shaded color. I chose this culture
The artifact I chose during the museum tour was the artifact called Parthian Rhyton. The Parthian Rhyton is from Iran from the time 150 BC – AD 225. It is made up of Silver with mercury gliding. This artifact reflects the style of its culture by having the goat in an attack position with the head down lets up this piece reflects power and strength. The piece identifies it as being from a particular civilization and time of the naturalism of the goat, with its carefully detailed horns and swirling coat, is characteristic of such vessels in the subsequent Parthian period (247-224 AD), along with the highlighting of such details the vegetal design at the throat of the vessel with mercury gliding. The visual clues
When discussing Assyrians and my culture in general, people often times are not even aware that we are still around, some even go as far as actually believing that we are a dead culture. Those who know somewhat of who the Assyrian people are, do not truly understand the struggle the Assyrian culture and Assyrians have gone through and continue to go through to this day. That is why I picked the Assyrian flag as the symbol to represent not only my culture, but who I am as a person, too. The Assyrian flag is something very important to me because it is a symbol of strength and prosperity, a sign for me at least, to never back down and give up. I have kept going
This is a clay gourd that taken the shaped like a jug and have cinnamon color appearance and stand at 13 ¾ x 8 inches. This pottery were part of the Tonaltec pieces that have been a high recognition for a long time for the traveler and historians in the seventeenth century. The Tonaltec pottery is generally known in Mexico as “Guadalajara earthenware” which taken after a major city name nearest were it make. The Tonaltec pottery are make distinction between earthenware of water and earthenware of fire based on the differences in function and decoration the artist tried to make. The Tonaltec pottery is make of the burnished or greased clay and was fire once then is bathed in glaze and leave to be fire twice before it finish. The purpose of this
This Goblet Inscribed with the names King Akhenaten and Queen Nefertiti, is made of travertine, (Egyptian alabaster) height 5 ½ in diameter 4 1/8 in. (MET). When I look at this piece I feel it may commemorate a wedding, anniversary, or King Akhenaten’s deep love and affections for his principal Queen Nefertiti. This Piece encompasses the changes King Amenhotep is making in the Egyptian culture, as the previous artworks and vessels have a much different look and style. King Akhenaten has as of yet changed his name as the cup shows the name Amenhotep IV and his principal Queen Nefertiti. This places the goblet at about 5 years into King Akhenaten’s rule over Egypt. The Goblet is not a typical show of craft for that time in Egypt.
The reliefs from the palace of King Assurnasirpal II at Nimrud play an important role in portraying the power and importance
This is how I feel when trying to understand art from nothing. The codes of communication, the means by which we understand language are not clear. Art is a language, but a symbolic one. I am trying to understand the reasons and the culture that produces this language. My learning plan, written a few months before we departed for our program, was focused in trying to understand the relationship between culture and art in the Islamic countries. An Islamic art definition that I have repeated before and as presented by Eva Baer is the following: "Islamic arts refers not only to the art made for Islamic practices and settings but also to the art made by and for the people who lived or live in lands where most-or
Over thousands of years, jewelry has been worn by many people. Whether to show beauty, wealth or belief there is no era that can compare to the jewels of Ancient Egypt. At the beginning of the kingdom, precious stones and metals were discovered and worn like never seen before. Unfortunately, the remaining Egyptian jewelry that is displayed in Museums today is only a small fraction of what actually existed due to grave robbers. Questions such as how jewelry started, how it was made and worn, what the symbolization of jewelry was and who were the people that wore jewelry in Ancient Egypt will be answered.