Pottery

J-Term is a three week process of hands on, career exploration, and internships during the month of January that take place at Lyndon Institute. For J-Term you pick three to four classes that interest you, while some students continue with their advanced placement classes. In some opinions this period of time is a waste but in others they enjoyed it very much. In my own thoughts, I think J-Term has a purpose to teach us that it’s not just about cramming for the A and is more to improve your…

Introduction The monumental Middle Bronze Age gate, complete with two well-preserved mudbrick towers, represents one of the crowning architectural achievements of Canaanite Gezer. The gate, the defensive wall, the grand watchtower, the row of standing stones, and the massive rock-hewn water system illustrate a flourishing MB II society at Gezer. While Irish archaeologist R.A.S. Macalister uncovered all these features in the early 1900s, archaeological and anthropological questions remain.…

The ability for early species to cultivate their own food was a development with both advantages and disadvantages. By growing their own crops early humans could be in control of their own food stock. They could plant many crops if they wanted to grow a surplus of food, or choose to farm a minimum number of crops and rely on an alternate food such as herd animals or marine ecosystems instead. This gave people the flexibility to do as they please, instead of having to rely on what untamed…

timid and hesitant than he was in contrast with the end when he is more brave and forward thinking. Tree-ear was a curious kid at the beginning of the book because of his curiosity, he was caught by min looking at his pottery. When Min caught Tree-ear looking at this pottery he hit him with his cane, thinking him to be a robber, but when he did Tree-ear dropped an intricate vase and he decided…

nearly as much minute detail. The red-figure technique is done by first firing the red clay pottery by itself. Once this was done, the artist would apply a slip to the krater. The slip, which was another layer of clay but thinner, was applied to be the background of the krater scene. Once it was fired at a certain temperature for a set amount of time, the slip would turn black (Montgomery, Red-Figure Pottery). This would make it so that the figures are the colors of the original red clay, making…

each subject of achievement in detail while looking at ancient Greek civilization. In regards to the Greeks achievement in Art, this paper looks at: what was considered Art in Ancient Greece, Famous Greek art pieces, different forms of Art like: Pottery, Sculpture, The Human Body and Architectural structures. For Greek literature, we will examine the alphabet, Greek writers like Homer, Greek Tragedies and Comedies, poetry and the theatre. In respect to scientific achievements, accomplishments…

Culture Artifact 1: (SLIDE 2) Itzamna sitting on a throne holding a vision serpent (Werner Forman) The civilization had more than 160 Gods and they all had to do with the forces of nature. This artifact shows Itzamna holding a vision serpent and is sitting on his throne. Itzamna chief God and ruler of Heaven. It is believed that Itzamna taught the use of calendars, healing, script writing and brought cacao and maize which is the main source of food (Gall 13-20). Artifact 2: (SLIDE 3)…

also two handles on each side above the body and a short neck and a spread-out top. The technique adopted in this case is the black figure that artist first painted out the design in black on the red-based pottery, and used needles to mark out the details on the figure, and then put the pottery into fire.…

example demonstrates the fact that Tree-ear is determined because he wants to still show the emissary his master's work. Even though the vases were smashed, he still continued on his journey willing to prove his master's ability to create astounding pottery. Another example from the book that shows how Tree-ear is determined is: "He imagined himself at the wheel a beautiful pot growing from the clay…

In both tales, the little boys find themselves in a situation where there isn’t much hope until Ooka intervenes. In “Ooka and the Pup’s Punishment,” Kohichi is holding a dog that he cares much for. Hambei, a merchant, and Yasuke, Kohichi’s father, accuse the dog of attacking Hambei and ripping his new, differently colored robe. Hambei and Yasuke both want the dog to be punished for hwat it had done. They claim, by law, the dog must be punished. Ooka felt bad for the boy, so he decided to…